On Sunday, I was sitting at the lab waiting for my petscan and I was reading some of the comments made by Dan Pfeiffer on the Sunday shows. I came to the conclusion that he is either a liar or an idiot to think the people will accept his answers to very serious questions.
But then, I realized that he is only following his leader's example of placing blame on the person asking the question, making the statement or pressing for answers. Certainly, it seems to mirror the Nixonian attitude of hunkering down and stonewalling. And deceiving the American people under the guise of "national security".
Why doesn't the liberal press pursue this manipulation of it by the Obama administration. Could it be that the press is afraid of what it might find out? That the president reporters idolize and adore, might be the emperor without his clothes? That would be disconcerting and contrary to the message the press loves to deliver.
When Susan Rice told the story of the video and Benghazi that fateful Sunday in September, it seemed so fantastic that not only Fox and conservative media doggedly followed up on her claims, but serious liberal journalists like Kirsten Powers and even Carl Bernstein found it so unbelievable for the President to stand by it. Two hours after the President and Hillary Clinton stood in the Rose Garden to review the events of Benghazi, Steve Kroft of 60 Minutes interviewed him and tried to get a clearer understanding of what actually happened.
Today, Mr Pfeiffer is the new Susan Rice, trying to spin the IRS story and the AP debacle. It seemed the more he spoke, the deeper he dug the hole for the President to jump into. None of what he said makes sense to any fair-minded person. It now is apparent that the press needs to investigate all these stories and hold the President and the involved members of his administration accountable, as was done in the Watergate era.
The American people are watching their TVs, listening to their radios and reading their papers, either print or electronic, to see what transpires next in their government's actions and how the media will cover it. Americans reward fairness, even when the news is painful, because we are inherently a just people. Will the media step up to that challenge?
This just might be the week we either give kudos for honest reporting or lose faith in our press forever. The first amendment is waiting.
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