Nanny Nanny Boo Boo - New Yorker Reporter Banned From Press Plane For Obama's Overseas Trip
Nanny Nanny Boo Boo - New Yorker Reporter Banned From Press Plane For Obama's Overseas Trip
Obama is still smarting over The NewYorker's satirical cover. He shows he can hold a grudge while banning a reporter from the press plane covering his extremely expensive, US-paid for overseas campaign trip. picked by 2manyusernames 1 month ago
tags obama rockbama newyorker cover yorker satire
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 vexingmo...
1 month ago
That's CENSORSHIP! OMG!!

/what would have been said if a Republican did the same thing.
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 2manyuse...
1 month ago
I assume similar things have been done before by both parties. I would also bet that over the years and years there has been a lot of threats behind the scenes along the lines of "print that story and you'll never have access to the white house again".
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 vexingmo...
1 month ago
« 2manyusernames : I assume similar things have been done before by both parties. I would also bet that over the years and years there has been a lot of threats behind the scenes along the lines of "print that story and you'll never have access to the white house again".
Oh, of course. I was just pointing out why there's not a lot of comments.

;-)
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 ImNotBlu...
1 month ago
« 2manyusernames : I assume similar things have been done before by both parties. I would also bet that over the years and years there has been a lot of threats behind the scenes along the lines of "print that story and you'll never have access to the white house again".
True-ish... while I'm sure there have been similar things, do note that even someone like Helen Thomas gets a seat in the press room, even though she is an over-the-top partisan, and doesn't really work for a mainstream publication anymore.
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 unzercha...
1 month ago
Well Obama, that's strike one for me.

Obama needs to lighten up and be able to laugh at himself a little bit. He should be thankful for the New Yorker expressing the ridiculousness of neoconservative claims.
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 vexingmo...
1 month ago
« unzercharlie : Well Obama, that's strike one for me.

Obama needs to lighten up and be able to laugh at himself a little bit. He should be thankful for the New Yorker expressing the ridiculousness of neoconservative claims.
You may not be aware of this but half the crap shown in the picture were put out there by the Clinton campaign.
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 unzercha...
1 month ago
« vexingmodstwo : You may not be aware of this but half the crap shown in the picture were put out there by the Clinton campaign.
And who picked it up and ran with it?
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 vexingmo...
1 month ago
« unzercharlie : And who picked it up and ran with it?
Many people from both sides of the aisle.

But you seem to have ignored the more important part where it wasn't just neoconservatives' ridiculousness.
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 unzercha...
1 month ago
I think it's pretty safe to say that its mostly right wing conservatives that believe Obama is a muslim terrorist, but I don't really care to argue about it. It's not the point I'm making.
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 vexingmo...
1 month ago
« unzercharlie : I think it's pretty safe to say that its mostly right wing conservatives that believe Obama is a muslim terrorist, but I don't really care to argue about it. It's not the point I'm making.
There's wackos on both sides of the political spectrum and criticizing one side while ignoring the other is hypocritical.
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 unzercha...
1 month ago
« vexingmodstwo : There's wackos on both sides of the political spectrum and criticizing one side while ignoring the other is hypocritical.
Thank you for opening my eyes, I'll go and find all the liberals I know who think that Obama is a terrorist and let them know that I do not approve.
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 theclans...
1 month ago

Forty journalists, including such leading correspondents as Dan Balz of The Washington Post, will be aboard his plane for next week's swing through Jordan, Israel, Germany, France and England.


The campaign received 200 requests for press seats on the plane.

Among those for whom there was no room was Ryan Lizza, Washington correspondent of The New Yorker.
40 seats, 200 requests. Who's to say that the New Yorker just didn't get their request in on time?

I use to read the New Yorker as my stepdad was a subscriber, usually they are pretty entertaining. In my opinion, this bit on Obama was not only over the line but just not funny in the least, I expect better from them.
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