o'der leader - Liberal Media: Obama Should Act Like A Dictator (Western Journalism)

From: Western Journalism  Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2010 

Do not miss a single issue, add wcj@westernjournalism-info.com to your buddy list, contact list or safe list. Do not reply to this e-mail. If you wish to contact our staff, please use the contact us link at the bottom of this e-mail Top White House reporter joins leftist group By Chelsea Schilling, WND       The president of the White House Correspondents' Association - a group that's the subject of a complaint over alleged discrimination at its annual black-tie dinner in Washington - is leaving his post to "perform the Lord's work" and help "combat climate change" through leftist environmental advocacy.       WHCA President Ed Chen, correspondent for Bloomberg News, is known for his "greening" of the annual dinner - including having the association buy carbon credits to offset the travels of Jay Leno and President Obama's motorcade.       Now he is leaving to become the federal communications director for the one of the world's largest and most influential environmental lobbying groups, Natural Resources Defense Council - an organization he joined in 2006 before taking a job with Bloomberg News in 2007.       Politico's Mike Allen obtained the following e-mail by Chen concerning his change of careers: Read The Full Story: Liberal Media React to Obama's Incompetent Address By Western Center for Journalism       Chris Matthews, Keith Olbermann and Howard Fineman react to President Obama's Oval Office Address on the oil spill. Here are the highlights of what the trio said:       Olbermann: "It was a great speech if you were on another planet for the last 57 days." Matthews compared Obama to Carter. Olbermann: "Nothing specific at all was said." Matthews: "No direction."       Howard Fineman: "He wasn't specific enough." Olbermann: "I don't think he aimed low, I don't think he aimed at all. It's startling." Howard Fineman: Obama should be acting like a "commander-in-chief."       Matthews: Ludicrous that he keeps saying [Secretary of Energy] Chu has a Nobel prize. "I'll barf if he does it one more time." Matthews: "A lot of meritocracy, a lot of blue ribbon talk." Matthews: "I don't sense executive command." Read The Full Story: British media fall out of love with Obama By Janet Daley, UK telegraph       The BBC reports of Barack Obama�s speech last night are about as derisive as it would be possible to be about someone you were describing only a few months ago as the incarnation of Hope and Optimism. Yes indeed, the romance is over. The British media have decided that it was all a cruel deception: Obama is just one more ranting populist president who will do anything to divert attention from his own failure to get a grip. And this is not just about BP and the fate of all those pension funds.       Nor is it simply the demonising of Big Oil � which makes the US president sound as if he were recruiting his speech writers direct from the student union � that has evoked the UK media�s collective sneer. What has been much commented upon � especially by those fastidiously liberal BBC correspondents � is Obama�s pointedly bellicose language: the US is apparently engaged in a �battle� to be waged in very personal, anthropomorphic terms �against an oil spill that is assaulting� its coast. Considering how relentlessly the Bush �war on terror� was ridiculed, how long will it take before the Obama �war on an oil slick� is labelled as absurd? Given the tone of this morning�s coverage, perhaps not very long at all. Read The Full Story: The Drudge factor By Brent Budowsky, The Hill       In the latest debate about Matt Drudge, Mark Halperin of Time magazine suggests that Drudge appeals to racism among a portion of his readers. I often agree with Halperin, but he misses the point.       Drudge does not appeal to racism. This is wrong about Drudge and insulting to his readers, and diverts attention from the big question: With so many wealthy liberals and Democrats, with Democrats controlling the presidency and Congress, and with Hollywood and New York full of brilliant, wealthy liberal stars and moguls, why does the right have such a media lead over the left?       Drudge is no different from elements of the press since Jefferson and Adams. They supported media that promoted their views and ridiculed their opponents.       Drudge may be the most influential media figure today. He is read with devotion by political operatives, news editors, television producers, beat reporters and government leaders. Some in Congress even try to prevent their staff from reading Drudge. Fat chance! Read The Full Story:

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