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Top Papers Bury Team Obama's Admission of Error on Paris Rally
« on: January 14, 2015, 11:28:22 am »


Top Papers Bury Team Obama's Admission of Error on Paris Rally
 
By Tim Graham | January 13, 2015 | 5:44 PM EST
 

The nation’s leading newspapers couldn’t be bothered with the controversy over Team Obama's no-show at the huge Paris "unity" rally on Monday morning, and then buried it on Tuesday.

The Washington Post put it on A-9 with the headline "White House apologizes for mistake at Paris rally." Greg Jaffe and Katie Zezima worked in the concept that "For all the hubbub in Washington, the supposed snub caused few ripples in Paris, where attention remained focused Monday on the historic nature of Sunday's march -- and the continued security threat facing the nation. During the rally, most French hardly seemed to notice the absence of a U.S. representative."

The Times put the story at the bottom of A-12, with the headline "White House Acknowledges Error in Not Sending a Top Official to March in Paris." Reporter Julie Hirschfield Davis couldn’t get through the first paragraph without huffing “French officials quickly rejected the idea that Mr. Obama had snubbed the event.”

NPR skipped the story Monday morning, but filed one late in their All Things Considered program on Monday night, with correspondent Mara Liasson insisting it was no big deal, politically:


I think as a domestic political matter, it's probably not that big a deal. The White House has said over and over again the U.S. stands with France. The French ambassador came over to the White House today to meet with counterterrorism officials. We are allies with France in the fight against terrorism. Next month the president is going to host world leaders at the White House for a summit meeting on preventing terrorism.

I think the American people are not as consumed with whether the president went to the march, but they do want to know what the U.S. strategy is to keep this kind of attack from happening here.
 
Earnest wouldn’t explain why no top official attended – including attorney general Eric Holder, who was in Paris, but doing TV shows in America at the time of the march. The press secretary also wouldn’t disclose what Obama was doing instead on Sunday. When bad news erupts around Obama, it’s never wise to think it will last or expect a full explanation of what happened.   

Reasons for the snub might seem obvious to Obama opponents. Why would Obama want to share the spotlight? When he arrived in Berlin to large crowds in the summer of 2008, NBC’s Brian Williams was oozing over how “throngs” were “streaming into this city, surging to get close to him, to hear his message.” On CBS, reporter Mark Phillips called Obama “part exotic politician, part rock star.” The Associated Press raved about “Obama's youth, eloquence and energy that have stolen hearts across the Atlantic.”

The White House must have felt there was no "exotic rock star" moment in this trip.
 

Source URL: http://newsbusters.org/blogs/tim-graham/2015/01/13/top-papers-bury-team-obamas-admission-error-paris-rally

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Re: Top Papers Bury Team Obama's Admission of Error on Paris Rally
« Reply #1 on: January 14, 2015, 01:19:35 pm »
Hey! Obama's been working his tail off. What's it been? One week since his last vacation?

It's hard for one man to heal the planet.  It's hard for one man to turn back the tides and slow the rising of the oceans.  It's hard for one man to provide care for the sick and jobs to the jobless.  It's hard for one man to end war and secure our nation.

If the poor guy needs a little down time to rest and – okay, to watch a little football. So, who are we to complain?

Look, it's not like the world is exploding in religious strife. It's not as if Muslims are slaughtering innocent people in the name of Islam or anything.

Give the man a break! He needed that extra time off from going to Paris ... in his flying luxury suite with the well-stocked wet bar. He needed the extra time off to re-energize himself if he is to carry-on in his all important work – of tearing down a nation.

You think it's easy walking on water? You think it's easy to use a pen? You think it's easy to dial a cell phone – to his dealer? You think it's easy living with Michelle?

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Re: Top Papers Bury Team Obama's Admission of Error on Paris Rally
« Reply #2 on: January 14, 2015, 01:21:40 pm »
You think it's easy living with Michelle?
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Re: Top Papers Bury Team Obama's Admission of Error on Paris Rally
« Reply #3 on: January 15, 2015, 02:42:13 am »
[[ Top Papers Bury Team Obama's Admission of Error on Paris Rally ]]

This wasn't an "error".
It was intentional.

The only reason they were forced to admit they "made an error" (which in itself is a lie) was because even those who are usually assumed to be their "friends" in the media "turned" on them, and because the outcry was far louder than what they expected.