The New York Times published a column yesterday that really says all that one needs to know about the systematic distortions that emanate regularly from the Times. In the column, Juliet Lapidos expresses her upset over the response by Republicans to the stopping of White House tours. Lapidos is upset that the Republicans are not screaming about all of the sequestration cuts and doing whatever necessary to roll them back. So far, it is just the usual progressive mantra that any reader of the New York Times would recognize. Lapidos also includes the press in the indictment (although she still blames this on Republicans). Here is what she has to say:
But at Wednesday’s White House press briefing, reporters homed in on what they quickly dubbed “tourgate.” They wanted to know who had made the call, and how much money the Secret Service — which stands guard during tours — would actually save.
How outrageous for the press to ask who made the decision to cancel the tours! How outrageous to ask what money the move will save! Lapidos, of course, omits the key fact: President Obama went on ABC and told the nation that he had nothing to do with the decision to stop the tours. Indeed, Obama said that "the White House" had nothing to do with that decision. Of course, that was a lie. Jay Carney, the White House spokesman, had to admit that indeed the White House had made the decision. Carney did not say "the president lied", but he might just as well have used those words. This is what Lapidos omits.
The outrage at the press briefing and the "tourgate" language was the result of yet another blatant Obama lie to the American people. It was a lie that just about anyone listening could recognize and understand. No amount of pious posturing by another self important "journalist" at the New York Times can change this fact. Maybe at some point Juliet Lapidos will be able to recognize the truth. She is certainly not able to do that today.
But at Wednesday’s White House press briefing, reporters homed in on what they quickly dubbed “tourgate.” They wanted to know who had made the call, and how much money the Secret Service — which stands guard during tours — would actually save.
How outrageous for the press to ask who made the decision to cancel the tours! How outrageous to ask what money the move will save! Lapidos, of course, omits the key fact: President Obama went on ABC and told the nation that he had nothing to do with the decision to stop the tours. Indeed, Obama said that "the White House" had nothing to do with that decision. Of course, that was a lie. Jay Carney, the White House spokesman, had to admit that indeed the White House had made the decision. Carney did not say "the president lied", but he might just as well have used those words. This is what Lapidos omits.
The outrage at the press briefing and the "tourgate" language was the result of yet another blatant Obama lie to the American people. It was a lie that just about anyone listening could recognize and understand. No amount of pious posturing by another self important "journalist" at the New York Times can change this fact. Maybe at some point Juliet Lapidos will be able to recognize the truth. She is certainly not able to do that today.
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