Ari on 360 with Anderson Cooper: Has the White House gone to far?

[Enquiringkitty]

Has the WH gone to far in manipulating the media?

NOW on CNN

[Jacobin]

1. CNN's consensus conclusion will be:

"No, because everyone has done it"

End of story.


:eyes:

[LoZoccolo]

3. And it's the fault of the CLENIS! n/t

[BulletproofLandshark]

2. Which begs another question...

How much media manipulation do they feel is "acceptable"?

[Padraig18]

4. The man's doing a book tour, for cryin' out loud!

So, CNN should ignore the fact that he just released his book, and not have him on?

:eyes:

[cosmicdot]

8. did someone say he shouldn't be on CNN?

... personally, I don't think he should have any more free advertising/publicity than the next book writer ...

so, what's he spinning? is he reinforcing the lies? is he contributing to the media creation Bu$h himself declared he was back before he became Gov. of Texas? can writing a book help manipulate things, too?

somewhere in this is irony

a snip from ‘Taking Heat’

The President's armored limousine turned onto New York City's Forty-second Street. Moments earlier, President Bush had hugged the last of some two hundred widows and widowers to be at the Jacob Javits Center in midtown Manhattan. On September 14, 2001, Forty-second Street could have been Main Street in any midwestern community or a small southern town. The street was lined ten deep on both sides with people holding signs reading "God Bless America" and "God Save the U.S." But this was New York City, the place where I was born and where my father commuted almost every day of his working life. It was Ground Zero, the place where America had been attacked seventy-two hours earlier. The city is not known for its outward displays of faith, but on September 14, New York City was a quiet, pious place.

[Padraig18]

9. The implication in the O/P was quite clear. n/t

[aquart]

5. This White House?

They don't know the meaning of "too far."

[Enquiringkitty]

6. Ari says he has stayed "on message".

What is the message? Has anyone heard a message? I haven't. I've heard scare tactic. I've heard theories. I've heard lies.

[pretzel4gore]

7. corrupting the media more like it

undermining press freedom by stealth, using greed and racism/classism to reek havok on the separation of church/state, checks/balances and all that 'democracy' stuff...ari fleisher thought he could run from his crimes, but he starting to dimly realize there's no place on earth to run to

[Eloriel]

10. So, I missed it. Synopsis anyone?

Pretty please?

[pretzel4gore]

11. sorry Eloriel

'pretty please' just won't do......this is georgebushamerica! you say 'coff up fukkheads, gimme the inside dope on this ish NOW relse!' and you could have gotten a response (it's maybe too late though :()