MioMyo
2009-05-31 14:09:48 UTC
And yet the rallying call (never proved of course) by both the liberal media
whores and fringe leftists has been that Bush is lowering America's status
in the world.
Wonder if these same hypocrites are going to pick up on, report & deliberate
ad nauseam this little juicy tidbit?
We all know they will NOT and will instead ignore it like they do everything
else that does not comport to their ideological agenda that their messiah is
anything less than perfect!
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/nile_gardiner/blog/2009/05/29/robert_gibbs_should_apologise_to_the_british_press_for_his_sneering_rant
ROBERT GIBBS SHOULD APOLOGISE TO THE BRITISH PRESS FOR HIS SNEERING RANT
Politico has an extraordinary report on Robert Gibbs, the White House Press
Secretary, launching a furious broadside against the British press. Here are
Gibbs' sneering and condescending remarks:
"I want to speak generally about some reports I've witnessed over the past
few years in the British media," Gibbs said. "In some ways, I'm surprised it
filtered down."
"Let's just say if I wanted to look up, if I wanted to read a write-up of
how Manchester United fared last night in the Champions League Cup, I'd
might open up a British newspaper," he continued. "If I was looking for
something that bordered on truthful news, I'm not entirely sure it'd be the
first pack of clips I'd pick up."
Gibbs' juvenile comments followed an article in The Daily Telegraph relating
to the President's decision not to release new photos reportedly showing
appalling prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib by a tiny minority of military
personnel. The straightforward news piece, hotly disputed by the White
House, is based upon an interview with Major General Antonio Taguba, who
oversaw the inquiry into the Abu Ghraib abuse scandal.
For the record I firmly believe the President was right to refuse to release
the photos in the face of pressure from the ACLU, which would only further
inflame anti-American sentiment across the Muslim world. However I cannot
recall an instance like this where the President's official spokesman has
blasted the press of a key ally - in this case America's closest friend,
Great Britain.
This kind of attack would normally be made against the likes of the North
Korean or Iranian state media, but in the current climate of "engagement"
with America's enemies the White House is far more likely to attack its own
allies. Gibbs' remarks have echoes of a senior State Department official's
anti-British statements to The Sunday Telegraph after the appalling handling
of the Prime Minister's visit in March.
Can you imagine Gibbs making these remarks about The New York Times or The
Washington Post, or NBC, ABC or CBS? This would never happen. The British
press, especially the Telegraph, has been singled out because they
frequently publish articles critical of the Obama administration and are not
afraid to take on the status quo in Washington. Increasingly, millions of
Americans are turning to online UK news websites for cutting edge reports on
American politics and U.S. foreign policy that the mainstream media refuses
to cover in the States, especially if it is unflattering to the Obama White
House.
Robert Gibbs' completely unwarranted rant against the British press is an
absolute disgrace, and the President should disown his views. An unreserved
apology by Gibbs is also in order.
For all its talk of "raising America's standing" in the world after the Bush
years, the Obama administration is doing a spectacularly bad job of reaching
out to its allies. Unfortunately this is the new face of America's public
diplomacy, which will only serve to alienate public opinion across the
Atlantic. Congratulations Gibbs - you've just made an enemy out of the
entire British media, quite an achievement for the man in charge of selling
the President's message.
whores and fringe leftists has been that Bush is lowering America's status
in the world.
Wonder if these same hypocrites are going to pick up on, report & deliberate
ad nauseam this little juicy tidbit?
We all know they will NOT and will instead ignore it like they do everything
else that does not comport to their ideological agenda that their messiah is
anything less than perfect!
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/nile_gardiner/blog/2009/05/29/robert_gibbs_should_apologise_to_the_british_press_for_his_sneering_rant
ROBERT GIBBS SHOULD APOLOGISE TO THE BRITISH PRESS FOR HIS SNEERING RANT
Politico has an extraordinary report on Robert Gibbs, the White House Press
Secretary, launching a furious broadside against the British press. Here are
Gibbs' sneering and condescending remarks:
"I want to speak generally about some reports I've witnessed over the past
few years in the British media," Gibbs said. "In some ways, I'm surprised it
filtered down."
"Let's just say if I wanted to look up, if I wanted to read a write-up of
how Manchester United fared last night in the Champions League Cup, I'd
might open up a British newspaper," he continued. "If I was looking for
something that bordered on truthful news, I'm not entirely sure it'd be the
first pack of clips I'd pick up."
Gibbs' juvenile comments followed an article in The Daily Telegraph relating
to the President's decision not to release new photos reportedly showing
appalling prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib by a tiny minority of military
personnel. The straightforward news piece, hotly disputed by the White
House, is based upon an interview with Major General Antonio Taguba, who
oversaw the inquiry into the Abu Ghraib abuse scandal.
For the record I firmly believe the President was right to refuse to release
the photos in the face of pressure from the ACLU, which would only further
inflame anti-American sentiment across the Muslim world. However I cannot
recall an instance like this where the President's official spokesman has
blasted the press of a key ally - in this case America's closest friend,
Great Britain.
This kind of attack would normally be made against the likes of the North
Korean or Iranian state media, but in the current climate of "engagement"
with America's enemies the White House is far more likely to attack its own
allies. Gibbs' remarks have echoes of a senior State Department official's
anti-British statements to The Sunday Telegraph after the appalling handling
of the Prime Minister's visit in March.
Can you imagine Gibbs making these remarks about The New York Times or The
Washington Post, or NBC, ABC or CBS? This would never happen. The British
press, especially the Telegraph, has been singled out because they
frequently publish articles critical of the Obama administration and are not
afraid to take on the status quo in Washington. Increasingly, millions of
Americans are turning to online UK news websites for cutting edge reports on
American politics and U.S. foreign policy that the mainstream media refuses
to cover in the States, especially if it is unflattering to the Obama White
House.
Robert Gibbs' completely unwarranted rant against the British press is an
absolute disgrace, and the President should disown his views. An unreserved
apology by Gibbs is also in order.
For all its talk of "raising America's standing" in the world after the Bush
years, the Obama administration is doing a spectacularly bad job of reaching
out to its allies. Unfortunately this is the new face of America's public
diplomacy, which will only serve to alienate public opinion across the
Atlantic. Congratulations Gibbs - you've just made an enemy out of the
entire British media, quite an achievement for the man in charge of selling
the President's message.