O-TV - All Obama, All The Time

A recent visit by the women's NCAA hoop champ UConn to the White House has spurred a mild outrage amongst the White House Press Pool. The Pool reporters, who normally have free run to cover all events the President is involved in, were prevented from filming or reporting on Obama shooting hoops with the ladies on the White House basketball court.

There was nothing secret about the hoops play. Indeed, the White House did its own filming and production of a 'news' spot of the occasion, complete with reporter and logo on screen.



Mainstream media hacks, normally in the tank for all things Obama, are now speculating about what this means. Chances are this is a trial balloon sent up by Obama, to see if he can get away with it. If so, it opens up all kinds of possibilities. Obama hates to have his policies questioned, or to have anything he does questioned or put into a bad light. The mainstream media does occasionally ask him an uncomfortable question, and he does not like it. If he can get away with shutting out the media, and providing his own 'news', then he controls what is said, what is filmed, and what is reported (even more than he already does).

One more step towards socialism - state control of news reporting.

One can only imagine the incredible uproar we would be hearing now if President Bush had done this.