From Z on TV:
The White House keeps up its attack on Fox News as biased in this video with Valerie Jarrett, another senior adviser to President Obama making the claim. But watch how fast Jarrett folds when CNN anchor Campbell Brown asks her if pro-administration MSNBC isn’t just as biased. MSNBC is one of the giant holes in the administration’s argument that Fox isn’t a “real” news organization and should be ostracized. Worse, the administration’s acceptance of MSNBC and attack on Fox show how intellectually inconsistent and hypocritical the White House is willing to be in trying to bully the press and shut down criticism. Take a look.
Why the White House persists in making this losing argument is anybody’s guess. What’s your theory? And kudos to Brown and CNN for taking the journalistic high road and asking such questions rather than remaining silent on the matter and trying to take advantage of the White House attack on a competitor. UPDATE: 9:45 a.m. WEDNESDAY: I am about 60 comments behind, and posting them now. But scanning them, I see many commenters mocking Jarrett’s use of the phrase “speaking truth to power.” Yes, I agree, it deserves to be ridiculed in this context. What’s the great power the White House is fearlessly standing up to — a cable channel? I think such a phrase from our collective past that has real resonance because it was once loaded with such intergrity, moral authority and wisdom when first uttered, is cheapened when used in such a blantantly and inappropriate political context. Thanks for noticing, folks.
