Tuesday, July 9, 2013

Obama Tells 'His Press Corps' To 'Behave' / The liberal media are realizing the price of Obama adulation

IJReview.com 
"It’s good to be king. Even when you’re visiting a foreign country. In South Africa, Saturday, Barack  Obama admonished “my press” to “behave” – after they had the audacity to ask too many questions.

" “Americans, behave yourselves,” he said, during a joint press conference with South African President Jacob Zuma, as reported by breitbart.com. Obama complained – as he has in the past – that “my press” tries to squeeze “three or four or five questions in there,” while complimenting Zuma on his more obedient media.

"The Associated Press noted that “both U.S. and South African reporters asked multi-part questions,” while confirming Obama’s description of U.S. journalists as “his press corps.” "  Hat tip to Rich Cutter Avalone

HANSON: The press and its Faustian deal   "In the old Dr. Faustus story, a young scholar bargains away his soul to the devil for promises of obtaining almost anything he wants.
"The American media has done much the same thing with the Obama administration. In return for empowering a fellow liberal, the press gave up its traditional adversarial relationship with the president."   Read more.  

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