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Leroy N. Soetoro
May 22, 2013, 8:34:18 PM5/22/13
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benghazi-scandals/?intcmp=obnetwork
Watching the Friday briefing with White House Press Secretary Jay Carney,
it was easy to believe the media were going to hit hard on the Obama
administration.
Carney had to endure 46 questions about two big scandals hitting his boss
� Benghazi and the IRS targeting of conservative groups. The Washington
Post later called it a �feeding frenzy.�
Over the weekend, the top 10 newspapers seemed to lose interest. On
Sunday, just two of the eight that published that day had any mention on
their front pages.
But by Monday, the stories had returned with a vengeance. Half of the top
10 papers � including the influential trio of The New York Times,
Washington Post and Wall Street Journal � all featured the IRS scandal on
the front.
USA Today had the lead headline: �GOP Demands Obama Apology� and the Post
got hold of the �draft audit by the inspector general that has been given
to Capitol Hill.�
The Denver Post once again devoted front-page play to the IRS scandal,
running the same Washington Post story under the headline: INSPECTOR
GENERAL AUDIT: IRS�s scrutiny went beyond keywords to target ideology.�
The New York Times also aired the IRS scandal on its front page Monday,
but focused less on the scandal and more on how the GOP would use it
against Obama. �I.R.S. Focus on Conservatives Gives G.O.P. an Issue to
Seize On.� The Wall Street Journal led with the tax scandal under the bold
headline: �Wider Problems Found at IRS.�
On Sunday, only The Washington Post and Denver Post mentioned either
scandal. The Denver Post had the story in a prominent place under the
headline: �TEA PARTY TARGETED: IRS leaders knew in 2011: A draft of IG
report seems to contradict the commissioner�s words.�
The Washington Post mentioned the scandals in a front-page story, but in
typical Postian fashion, put them in Obama context. Under the headline,
�Can Obama avoid curse of 2nd term?� the paper discussed the �two flaring
controversies.�
To put that in perspective, early on Sunday, even the lefty Huffington
Post had the tax story featured prominently. The headline �Plot Thickens
in IRS, Tea Party Debacle� was accompanied by three other stories further
down the page.
Naturally, since HuffPo has been downplaying the attacks in Libya, there
were only two words about the �Benghazi Drama.�
The scandals kept moving forward over the weekend. On the IRS disaster, we
became aware that �senior officials at the Internal Revenue Service were
aware that its agents were targeting Tea Party groups as early as 2011.�
National Review revealed �the IRS may also have given extra-special
attention to the tax-exempt status of some Jewish groups for political
reasons.�
The Washington Post reported that not only are top IRS officials math
deficient, they are truth deficient. The paper explained �the IRS made no
mention of targeting conservative groups in five separate responses to
congressional inquiries between Nov. 18, 2011, and June 15, 2012.� Too bad
that story was buried on page A6 Sunday.
As the Benghazi scandal escalated, the lawyer of whistleblower Gregory
Hicks revealed he�s no GOP stalking horse. �Mr. Hicks is a Democrat. He
voted for Hillary � I�ve yet to announce this � he voted for Hillary in
the primary and Obama twice,� attorney Victoria Toensing told WMAL.
On Sunday morning, the talking head shows dwelt heavily with both issues.
Conservative George Will told ABC�s �This Week,� �we would have all hell
breaking loose,� if President George W. Bush had used the IRS against
left-wing groups. Will hammered home his point by reading from the
Impeachment Articles of Richard Nixon and how they specifically referred
to misuse of the IRS.
On CNN�s �Reliable Sources,� former Time magazine reporter Margaret
Carlson had the audacity to blame conservatives for how poorly the
Benghazi scandal was covered. �The right wing went so far on this story,
�it�s Watergate, it�s impeachable,� we couldn�t hear Stephen Hayes in the
Weekly Standard. It did take somebody who is just a meat and potatoes
reporter.�
Scheduling conflicts limited the weekend impact of network news, but
conservatives still mocked �Nightline� co-anchor Terry Moran for his
network�s hypocrisy. Moran tweeted about the IRS scandal on Friday: �A
truly Nixonian abuse of power by the Obama administration: IRS Apologizes
for Targeting Conservative Groups.� That night, his own show ignored the
scandal.
The question remaining is how the media handle both scandals going
forward. Will journalists allow the IRS attack on the Tea Party to drown
out the Benghazi follow-up or will they link them to an administration
spiraling out of control?
The question remaining is how the media handle both scandals going
forward. Will journalists allow the IRS attack on the tea party to drown
out the Benghazi follow-up or will they link them to an administration
spiraling out of control?
The Benghazi scandal has gone too far to be completely ignored, but the
major media probably only have room for one Obama disaster at a time. So
expect the focus on the IRS to largely push it out of the Washington
conversation.
--
Barack Obama, reelected by the dumbest voters in the history of the United
States of America.
Eric Holder, racist black murdering United States Attorney General, still
has his job.
Nancy Pelosi, Democrat criminal, accessory before and after the fact to
improper vetting of Barry Soetoro aka Barack Hussein Obama, a confirmed
felon using SSAN 042-68-4425, belonging to a dead man.
Obama ignored the brutal killing of an American diplomat in Benghazi, then
relieved American military officers who attempted to prevent said murder
in order to cover up his own ineptness.
Obama continues his goal of disarming America while ObamaCare increases
insurance premiums 200% and leaves millions without health care.
Obama helped bankrupt Illinois. Democrat run Chicago closes 54 public
schools.
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benghazi-scandals/?intcmp=obnetwork
Watching the Friday briefing with White House Press Secretary Jay Carney,
it was easy to believe the media were going to hit hard on the Obama
administration.
Carney had to endure 46 questions about two big scandals hitting his boss
� Benghazi and the IRS targeting of conservative groups. The Washington
Post later called it a �feeding frenzy.�
Over the weekend, the top 10 newspapers seemed to lose interest. On
Sunday, just two of the eight that published that day had any mention on
their front pages.
But by Monday, the stories had returned with a vengeance. Half of the top
10 papers � including the influential trio of The New York Times,
Washington Post and Wall Street Journal � all featured the IRS scandal on
the front.
USA Today had the lead headline: �GOP Demands Obama Apology� and the Post
got hold of the �draft audit by the inspector general that has been given
to Capitol Hill.�
The Denver Post once again devoted front-page play to the IRS scandal,
running the same Washington Post story under the headline: INSPECTOR
GENERAL AUDIT: IRS�s scrutiny went beyond keywords to target ideology.�
The New York Times also aired the IRS scandal on its front page Monday,
but focused less on the scandal and more on how the GOP would use it
against Obama. �I.R.S. Focus on Conservatives Gives G.O.P. an Issue to
Seize On.� The Wall Street Journal led with the tax scandal under the bold
headline: �Wider Problems Found at IRS.�
On Sunday, only The Washington Post and Denver Post mentioned either
scandal. The Denver Post had the story in a prominent place under the
headline: �TEA PARTY TARGETED: IRS leaders knew in 2011: A draft of IG
report seems to contradict the commissioner�s words.�
The Washington Post mentioned the scandals in a front-page story, but in
typical Postian fashion, put them in Obama context. Under the headline,
�Can Obama avoid curse of 2nd term?� the paper discussed the �two flaring
controversies.�
To put that in perspective, early on Sunday, even the lefty Huffington
Post had the tax story featured prominently. The headline �Plot Thickens
in IRS, Tea Party Debacle� was accompanied by three other stories further
down the page.
Naturally, since HuffPo has been downplaying the attacks in Libya, there
were only two words about the �Benghazi Drama.�
The scandals kept moving forward over the weekend. On the IRS disaster, we
became aware that �senior officials at the Internal Revenue Service were
aware that its agents were targeting Tea Party groups as early as 2011.�
National Review revealed �the IRS may also have given extra-special
attention to the tax-exempt status of some Jewish groups for political
reasons.�
The Washington Post reported that not only are top IRS officials math
deficient, they are truth deficient. The paper explained �the IRS made no
mention of targeting conservative groups in five separate responses to
congressional inquiries between Nov. 18, 2011, and June 15, 2012.� Too bad
that story was buried on page A6 Sunday.
As the Benghazi scandal escalated, the lawyer of whistleblower Gregory
Hicks revealed he�s no GOP stalking horse. �Mr. Hicks is a Democrat. He
voted for Hillary � I�ve yet to announce this � he voted for Hillary in
the primary and Obama twice,� attorney Victoria Toensing told WMAL.
On Sunday morning, the talking head shows dwelt heavily with both issues.
Conservative George Will told ABC�s �This Week,� �we would have all hell
breaking loose,� if President George W. Bush had used the IRS against
left-wing groups. Will hammered home his point by reading from the
Impeachment Articles of Richard Nixon and how they specifically referred
to misuse of the IRS.
On CNN�s �Reliable Sources,� former Time magazine reporter Margaret
Carlson had the audacity to blame conservatives for how poorly the
Benghazi scandal was covered. �The right wing went so far on this story,
�it�s Watergate, it�s impeachable,� we couldn�t hear Stephen Hayes in the
Weekly Standard. It did take somebody who is just a meat and potatoes
reporter.�
Scheduling conflicts limited the weekend impact of network news, but
conservatives still mocked �Nightline� co-anchor Terry Moran for his
network�s hypocrisy. Moran tweeted about the IRS scandal on Friday: �A
truly Nixonian abuse of power by the Obama administration: IRS Apologizes
for Targeting Conservative Groups.� That night, his own show ignored the
scandal.
The question remaining is how the media handle both scandals going
forward. Will journalists allow the IRS attack on the Tea Party to drown
out the Benghazi follow-up or will they link them to an administration
spiraling out of control?
The question remaining is how the media handle both scandals going
forward. Will journalists allow the IRS attack on the tea party to drown
out the Benghazi follow-up or will they link them to an administration
spiraling out of control?
The Benghazi scandal has gone too far to be completely ignored, but the
major media probably only have room for one Obama disaster at a time. So
expect the focus on the IRS to largely push it out of the Washington
conversation.
--
Barack Obama, reelected by the dumbest voters in the history of the United
States of America.
Eric Holder, racist black murdering United States Attorney General, still
has his job.
Nancy Pelosi, Democrat criminal, accessory before and after the fact to
improper vetting of Barry Soetoro aka Barack Hussein Obama, a confirmed
felon using SSAN 042-68-4425, belonging to a dead man.
Obama ignored the brutal killing of an American diplomat in Benghazi, then
relieved American military officers who attempted to prevent said murder
in order to cover up his own ineptness.
Obama continues his goal of disarming America while ObamaCare increases
insurance premiums 200% and leaves millions without health care.
Obama helped bankrupt Illinois. Democrat run Chicago closes 54 public
schools.
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