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USA Today Bureau Chief: Obama Most 'Dangerous' President Ever For Media FREEDOM
2014-10-29
[BREITBART] USA Today Washington Bureau Chief Susan Page offered some of the sharpest criticism yet of the B.O. regime's violation of the freedom of the press, saying Obama is "more restrictive" and "more dangerous" than any president in history.

Page delivered these comments at a White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA) seminar on October 25.

This is nothing new, of course. Obama has been on the receiving end of heavy criticism over his treatment of the press.

In 2013, for instance, Fox News chief Roger Ailes released a scathing letter criticizing Obama for investigating Fox News news hound James Rosen. Ailes said that Obama and his politicized Department of Justice is "criminalizing the pursuit of investigative journalism."

Ailes is not Obama's only critic. Many voices in the media have criticized Obama's approach to the Bill of Rights.

In 2013, the News Agency that Dare Not be Named said Obama's crackdown on freedom of the press was having a "chilling effect" on journalism. This after Obama's Justice Department secretly obtained the phone records of 100 AP news hounds.

Even the Huffington Post complained that Obama's treatment of the press was a "dictator's dream."
Congratulations, guys! You wanted him. And you got exactly what you wanted, good and hard. It's a sucker bet that you'll learn from it, though.
Posted by:Fred

#12  So it only took 6 years of the administration attacking the constitution for USA today to get the scoop on Obama? Wow! These guys are real pro's!!!
Posted by: 49 Pan   2014-10-29 19:25  

#11  OBAMA MOST 'DANGEROUS' PRESIDENT EVER FOR MEDIA FREEDOM

I'd drop the word "for" from the headline so that the headline reads: "Obama the most "dangerous" President ever for freedom"
Posted by: JohnQC   2014-10-29 15:38  

#10  This is nothing new, of course.

Except that some of the MSM is finally catching on to this fraud; this empty suit and they are telling the truth.
Posted by: JohnQC   2014-10-29 15:34  

#9  Personally I'm starting to think articles like this are more wargame prep for Hillary 2016. Remember how open and friendly the White House was to the media back then...
Posted by: rjschwarz   2014-10-29 14:30  

#8  They put the chains on themselves, willingly.
Posted by: OldSpook   2014-10-29 14:07  

#7  You guys got what you wished and pushed and promoted for. Congratulations.

You know that the cheerleaders that brought Lenin and Stalin into power were the first ones sent to the gulag, right?
Posted by: DarthVader   2014-10-29 11:57  

#6  The MSM’s Stockholm syndrome occasionally displays symptoms of intermittent remission. Unfortunately the affliction is quite acute with no apparent cure. And their collective infatuation with HRC may be an indication of mutation.
Posted by: DepotGuy   2014-10-29 11:43  

#5  The polling numbers have come in.
Posted by: Pappy   2014-10-29 10:58  

#4  Ah, poor babies, just awoke that you sold your 'collective' soul.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2014-10-29 08:35  

#3  They were not worried about it when they were stepping on everyone elses rights!
Posted by: chris   2014-10-29 06:56  

#2  Anyone can tell me which candidate was supported by USA Today in the last two Presidentail elections. If they supported Obama, well you reap wjhat you sow.
Posted by: JFM   2014-10-29 05:56  

#1  Maybe if you "journalists" didn't act as his unpaid mouth peaces...

p.s. Susan, you really have to read some history books.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2014-10-29 03:58  

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