White House boasts: We 'control' news media

[Confederate Kahanist]

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White House boasts: We 'control' news media
Communications chief offers shocking confession to foreign government

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Posted: October 18, 2009
7:11 pm Eastern


By Aaron Klein
© 2009 WorldNetDaily



Anita Dunn

TEL AVIV – President Obama's presidential campaign focused on "making" the news media cover certain issues while rarely communicating anything to the press unless it was "controlled," White House Communications Director Anita Dunn disclosed to the Dominican government at a videotaped conference.

"Very rarely did we communicate through the press anything that we didn't absolutely control," said Dunn.

"One of the reasons we did so many of the David Plouffe videos was not just for our supporters, but also because it was a way for us to get our message out without having to actually talk to reporters," said Dunn, referring to Plouffe, who was Obama's chief campaign manager.

"We just put that out there and made them write what Plouffe had said as opposed to Plouffe doing an interview with a reporter. So it was very much we controlled it as opposed to the press controlled it," Dunn said.

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Continued Dunn: "Whether it was a David Plouffe video or an Obama speech, a huge part of our press strategy was focused on making the media cover what Obama was actually saying as opposed to why the campaign was saying it, what the tactic was. … Making the press cover what we were saying."

Video of Dunn's remarks at the conference can be seen below:



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Dunn was speaking at a Jan. 12, 2009, event focusing on Obama's media tactics and hosted by the Global Foundation for Democracy and Development, which seeks to promote collaboration between the U.S. and the Dominican Republic. The event was held in Santo Domingo and was attended by the country's president.

Dunn has been facing some criticism since she led a White House campaign last week against Fox News, slamming the top-rated network as an "arm of the Republican Party" and "opinion journalism masquerading as news."

Fox hit back this past Friday, releasing a video of Dunn speaking to high school students last June in which she lists her two "favorite political philosophers," including Communist Chinese leader Mao Tse-tung, whose draconian policies are blamed for the deaths of tens of millions of people.

Video of Dunn's speech, broadcast during a segment of Glenn Beck's evening show on the Fox News Channel, can be seen below:

[Shiptar]

Fox gets the highest ratings b/c its the only place on Tv that exposes Obama, ppl seek the truth and they know the other stations are just Obama cheerleaders.

[Confederate Kahanist]

This proves that when the Osama administration accused Fox News of being a political arm of the Republican party, they were just doing what all evil people do--PROJECTING what they do onto someone else.

I know.  Hypocrisy at it's worst.

[cjd]

Fox gets the highest ratings b/c its the only place on Tv that exposes Obama, ppl seek the truth and they know the other stations are just Obama cheerleaders.

Let's look at this for what it is ...... The fact of the matter is that Fox's ratings are through the roof because its about the only station that has been reporting opposition positions to what the administration is doing in Washington. Every other station is like an administration cheering section. Fox has found that the key ratings and viewership are in reporting both sides of the issue causing people that disagree with the administration to tune in. Since this is about 45% of the population being the only media outlet that does this has its advantages. Thank G-d we have one media outlet that reports the news however it only for the $$$ and ratings which is really how it should be anyway. The other stations seem to be driven by some sick political agenda.

[pennyjangle]

Your right. I use to have cnn as my homepage now I have Fox.