The AP Is On A Campaign To DISCREDIT Obama's Transparency. DON'T BELIEVE IT!

[berni_mccoy]

The AP has recently released two stories, one reported on the HuffPo and then here and the other is now on the Front Page of DU.

The AP is claiming these meetings with industry execs were SECRET and were not TELEVISED. The AP is even saying Obama broke his promise to cover these meetings on C-SPAN.

These reports by the AP are completely false as C-SPAN has covered them. Here is my earlier post on this: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x6126754

Here is a summit in March 5th on C-SPAN: http://www.c-span.org/Watch/Media/2009/03/05/HP/A/16049/White+House+Health+Care+Summit.aspx
(notice the media in attendance as well)

Here is the list of attendees and events (hosted on C-SPAN): http://www.c-span.org/pdf/wh030509.pdf

Here is another meeting on April 8: http://www.c-span.org/Watch/Media/2009/04/08/HP/A/17243/White+House+On+Health+Reform.aspx

You can see many more meetings covered by C-SPAN on healthcare by going here: http://www.c-span.org/search.aspx?For=Healthcare

Don't buy this libelous campaign from the AP.

[babylonsister]

1. They're not the only ones. Too bad they weren't so hot

under the collar prior to going to war in Iraq for false reasons.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

8. where was the AP during Bush's White House visits

have these all been released!

[yourguide]

12. Yeah, there are some on this board who bought in hook, line, and stinker n/t

[berni_mccoy]

13. Tell me about it! Unbelieveable how fast some eat the RW propaganda here.

[ProSense]

2. Only people desperate to knock the President are going to believe this.

CREW can continue their crusade for every word uttered by the President in meetings attended by the press.

Fortunately, CREW nor the detractors are going to prevent health care reform from being passed. Screw em.

[berni_mccoy]

3. I don't agree. There are a couple of posts running around GD that worry me

One got over 60 recs and people were spouting a lot of Obama hate.

[ProSense]

4. "One got over 60 recs and people were spouting a lot of Obama hate."

Those are not objective people. Sorry, no one with any objectivity spouts hate without knowing all the facts.

[berni_mccoy]

9. I believe many of them don't know about the AP bias

60 recs is a lot of recs, given the unrec feature (and the rec count climbed since I debunked it).

[NYC_SKP]

5. I give this OP a "9".

9th rec, that is.

Thanks, berni!

[HopeOverFear]

6. It's all part of their plan to stop healthcare reform. That's all.

[JTFrog]

7. K&R n/t

[Life Long Dem]

10. Question yesterday was out of place.

Any transparency over previous years is an improvement. Who cares that Obama said transparency and some idiot finds something that wasn't transparent. What a joke!

[berni_mccoy]

11. Except that the reporter *didn't* find something that wasn't transparent

She's got her facts completely wrong (or is making them up).