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The White House took on the Gray lady by labeling a story on the administration’s Tea Party strategy as completely inaccurate.
But the Times isn’t sitting still and is standing by its reporting.
From the New York Observer
The White House told Politico’s Mike Allen and Andy Barr that a New York Times frontpage story that ran in print today with the headline “Obama advisers weigh offensive against the G.O.P.” is “100 percent inaccurate.”
The story, filed by Jackie Calmes and Michael Shear, reveals that strategy discussions in the White House about how to help Democrats in the midterm elections have included plans to emphasize the link between the Republican Party to the extremism of the Tea Party.
Times Washington bureau chief Dean Baquet told Politico that the “piece is accurate.” Richard Stevenson, Mr. Baquet’s deputy, added that the sourcing on the piece (the information in the lede is attributed to “people involved in the discussion”) is solid, and the reporters included David Axelrod’s complete denial that the White House is exploring any such strategy near the top of the story.
The Columbia Journalism Review has weighed in on the side of the White House comparing the Times’ story to that of a conversation and is full of political maybes and not deserving of being on page one much less the entire paper.
Now the CJR is concerned about printing a story based on anonymous sources that sounds more like a conversation than actual factual reporting?
This is what the mainstream media do on a daily basis. But the difference in this case is that it normally is used against Republicans and conservatives and not a Democrat controlled White House and that’s what really bothers the CJR.
I don’t know if the story is true but based on Democrat campaign tactics to date, it is very plausible and it seems that the White House is more upset that their potential campaign strategy has now been exposed.
Besides the White House really doesn’t need to go after the Tea Party because the mainstream media have been labeling the Tea Party as extremists for months and have ramped up their attacks with each succeeding victory the party has had against establishment candidates.
As for the Times-White House disagreement on the accuracy of the story, I doubt that either side will give in. But there is no doubt that the Tea Party is a threat to the Democrat majority in Congress this year and the future of the Obama agenda and that the White House would do almost anything to marginalize it.
In this case the story represents a little too much transparency for the White House.
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7 Comments for New York Times Stand Firm on White House Story
Call me a midwestern dolt, however, ever since the Tea Party Movement began, I saw it as citizen unrest, a complete absence of confidence in the current administration AND career politicians (primarily on the democratic side, yet also including a few republicans), and a statement to the respective political ‘machines’ that “We’re mad as hell and we’re not going to take it anymore!”
What I didn’t see the Tea Party as; is extremism or radical right… If you analyze the positions emphasized by the Tea Party movement, i.e., fiscal responsibility, lowering taxes, smaller government and job creation in the market sector/not government… how can you characterize those goals as ‘extremist’…
Indeed, perhaps they could be viewed as extremist if you consider the current administration is so far to the opposite ‘extreme’ it makes the Tea Party appear to be extremists… As much as that is a sarcastic comment, it is frighteningly close to the truth.
The Democrats and ‘Progressives’ OUGHT to be planning their exit strategy right now, for it is certain to be a bloodbath come November. In fact, the anti-establishment and liberal sentiments currently gaining steam in the country are likely to last more than a few years.
Lies, Damn lies, and statistics… negative campaigning and more emphasis on the ‘other guy’ has bastardized the American political process to the point of disaster. Our current two party system is on the brink of collapse.
typo on previous comment… Meant to say ‘anti-establishment and conservative sentiments’… my bad.
For global Socialism to become a reality, the American Establishment must hand over power to the Socialist U.N body. This is pivotal for this plan, which I must add is going ahead at full steam, to be successful.
This spells doom for individual rights of citizens around the globe. Of course all this is grandstanding for the replacement which is collective rights, whatever that means.
Make no mistake, the stakes here are bigger than America and Americans, it involves the freedom of every citizen of this planet and our concept of democracy.
It is a noble fight that would make the founding fathers proud of the Tea Party and what it represents for freedom here and around the world.
May God bless us all
More and even more evedence the NEW YORK SLIMES is one of the all time most dishonest news rags in america and why its losing readers ALL THE BULL THATS FIT TO PRINT
The so-called MSM is no longer, they lost all credibility long ago. The real Mainstream in American today, are those who oppose this government and it’s president. Never before in history have there been so many regulations imposed on Americans, it is time to put regs on the Media.
There is a good reason our founders distrusted the media as explained in the book “The Federalist Papers”, a very, very good read and factual.
We need to take this country back before it’s too late.
To Wesley & all of the Posters above, As usual good posts.
Has anyone noticed, that the more conservative radio & TV shows keep finding new rules & regs in the “Health Care bill” & Small Biz bill & any other BS bill that BHO takes credit for ??? One of his “Stooges”,,I think it was ‘Curly’,,said that ‘Obozo’ has passed over 200 bills.WHERE??
I did not see 200 bills come down the pike,,,DID YOU?? Unless they are mixed in with the ones he has ALREADY signed. You know,,the ones that the Wicked Bitch of the West says “We have to VOTE for them,in order to know whats in them” DUHHHHH!!!!!!
Bills that have regs like College loans now come from “ME” sayeth “the One”
+ you will be MY slave until it’s paid,sayeth “The One”. & this is in a Health Care Bill??? Or the one that says if you buy an ounce of gold, the SELLER has to notify the FEDS,,& YOU pay a FED TAX on it,,& it’s in a Health care bill.?? What about the one that says that “The One” & his Czars MUST know your Bank Account #’s in case YOU refuse to buy THEIR H/C.
The BEST part is when the Czars change a name like “The Sh*t hits the Fan”
to ” The ‘Astro-turf’ Tea-Party Defication missed the Rotary Oscillator,,because WE are in CHARGE”
Well folks,,the dog & pony show has only just begun,,,the REAL CIRCUS has not begun yet,,but when it does, HOLD ON TO YOUR WALLETS.
VOTE,,,VOTE like your lives & Country DEPEND on it,,,it DOES.
If you draw two x’s on a piece of paper, and you look at them. How can you deny that one is fake and the other is true?