Say Anything Blog

Obama’s war on people who disagree with him continues.  Scientists who don’t toe the line on global warming will be “dealt with.”  News organizations that don’t show a sufficient level of deference will be attacked and isolated.

At least one Democratic political strategist has gotten a blunt warning from the White House to never appear on Fox News Channel, an outlet that presidential aides have depicted as not so much a news-gathering operation as a political opponent bent on damaging the Obama administration.

Political consultants are a staple of cable television talk shows, analyzing current events based on their own experiences working on campaigns or in government.

One Democratic strategist said that shortly after an appearance on Fox he got a phone call from a White House official telling him not to be a guest on the show again. The call had an intimidating tone, he said.

The message was, “We better not see you on again,’’ said the strategist, who spoke on condition of anonymity so as not to run afoul of the White House. An implicit suggestion, he said, was that “clients might stop using you if you continue.’‘

This is beyond the Obama administration shutting out Fox.  This is now the Obama administration actively trying to isolate Fox News entirely.

And what’s funny is that the chief Obama administration complaint is that Fox isn’t fair to liberals.  Well, it’s sort of hard to be fair to liberals when liberals won’t come on the air.

But the point here isn’t fairness.  The point is trying to marginalize a media outlet that reports things that are inconvenient for The One.