The MSM idiots, Politico and Time evidently know Obama isn't involved, but demand he prove it.

[ProSense]

Obama damage control

By KENNETH P. VOGEL & JONATHAN MARTIN | 12/12/08 9:46 AM EST Updated: 12/12/08 9:46 AM EST

He was elected president on a promise of "transparency" but barely five weeks later, Barack Obama is scrambling to meet his first big test on openness.

Obama's campaign lawyer Bob Bauer is taking a leading role in conducting what one top aide described as "an internal review" stopping short of a full-blown investigation.

The goal is simple and urgent: find who talked with disgraced Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich and when - and precisely what they said.

But it's also loaded with hazards. They need to make sure they meet Obama's vow to release findings "in a few days." More importantly, they need to make sure they don't miss something that could come back to bite them later.

In trying to meet the first rule of Washington scandal-management – get the facts out on your own terms, and fast – Obama may have promised something he’ll later regret, one expert warned.

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Bizarro World

We've highlighted some absurd attempts by news media to tie Barack Obama to Rod Blagojevich's alleged corruption. But this may be the most ridiculous, :

On more than one occasion during his stunning press conference on Tuesday, U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald bluntly said he has found no evidence of wrongdoing by President-elect Barack Obama in the tangled, tawdry scheme that Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich allegedly cooked up to sell Obama's now vacant Senate seat to the highest bidder. But for politicians, it's never good news when a top-notch prosecutor has to go out of his way to distance them from a front-page scandal.

So, the US Attorney who is going after Blagojevich says there is absolutely no evidence Barack Obama has done anything wrong.

This, naturally, is bad news for Barack Obama. Also, up is down and black is white.

Note also that Time says Fitzgerald "has to go out of his way to distance" Obama from the scandal. But Fitzgerald did so not because there have been indications that Obama is connected to the scandal -- no, he did so because reporters asked him multiple questions about whether Obama was involved.
Let's sum up:

1. Reporters ask Fitzgerald, based on nothing, if Obama is involved.
   
   
2. Fitzgerald says there is no evidence Obama is involved
   
   
3. Reporter writes that it is bad news for Obama that Fitzgerald had to go out of his way to distance Obama from the scandal.

Heck of a racket, isn't it?

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[LynnTheDem]

1. The "liberal media" strikes again.

DAMN that "liberal media".


Rightwingnuts; truly the stupidest creatures ever.

[Cha]

12. Fascist fucking celebrity rag

media. There's no "liberal media" even in quotes anymore..time to call it what it is.

[old mark]

2. This is just "story time". They will "report" any bullshit they think

will get people excited, true or not, harmful or not does not matter as long as they can sell time to Billy Mays, Smiling Bob, and various kinds of soup. It's all about looking good and making money, certainly not about news or information or truth.

The "news" producers in the US should be ashamed of themselves, but I doubt they have the capacity to do so.

mark

[Captain Hilts]

3. They know it's almost impossible to prove a negative. nt

[TankLV]

4. Mark my words: This will be Whitewater II.

After eight years of slime, Clinton was EXHONORATED - but the damage begun by whitewater was already done...

the rabid repuke dogs will NOT let go of this bone...

they tried with the phoney citizenship...
they tried with the phoney ayers "ties"...
they tried with the muslim sounding name...

if this doesn't pan out - they will go after something else...but this will serve these TRAITOROUS SCUM just fine for YEARS...

[ProSense]

6. No it will not. There aren't any links. The media is running with thin air. n/t

[TankLV]

9. There wasn't and "there" there in Whitewater, either...

we shall see, shan't we?!

PS - I dearly hope I'm wrong and you're right...

[Jennicut]

7. No, there is not enough there for a Whitewater II

Hillary did not release documents, they turned up later in the WH. The Clintons were eventually cleared but Obama has nothing to worry about, there is nothing missing except maybe staff contacts with Blago and he will release that. Be up front and you have nothing to worry about.

[Overseas]

5. So the five media conglomerates that own our media are still right wing?

As disgustingly pro-Republican as ever, eh?

Wish we could hurry media reform along and break up those right wing monopolies.

[annabanana]

10. Yeah.. shocking isn't it? The same damn 5 people are still

screwing us just like they will until we BREAK UP THE MEDIA MONOPOLIES.

1) No one who has a government contract should be allowed to own a News outlet. Period.
2) No one who has a newspaper should have a TV station or a radio station
3) no one who has a radio station should have a newspaper or a TV station

atomize the whole stinkin' industry. .

[ClarkUSA]

8. Fortunately, the public could care less about this & record numbers of Americans approve of Barack.

I doubt the media whoring will do anything but make Americans annoyed at news anchors because the general feeling
is that there are so many more important things to be worried about. This too, shall pass. Better now than before the
general election or after the inauguration.

[FrenchieCat]

11. The media needs to be investigated.

Wonder what we'd hear if their phones were tapped?