...former White House spokesman Taylor Gross approached at least four major newspapers, including The Buffalo News, with the offer.
Gross' pitch to The News said the two highly decorated veterans could serve as embedded correspondents and "offer balanced and credible viewpoints gained directly from those closest to and most affected by the Iraq War." One of the reporters, former Marine Lt. Wade Zirkle, helped run Republican Jerry Kilgore's 2005 campaign for governor of Virginia.
Apparently the current administration hates the press (especially the NY Times) so much, but not so much that they can't be used to propagandize for them.
Just in case we forget:
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
So let's summarize:
-Former Bush administration officials promote the stuffing of
newspapers with pro-war (pro-Bush) articles.
-The Bush administration threatens papers who publish news about their illegal activities. The president decides what is legal and what is not, and then decides what can reported and what cannot.
Freedom of the the press?
Freedom of speech?
Isn't this why the terrorists attacked us? They hated our freedoms? I guess the only way to save our freedoms is to take them away? Like the good china; look at it in the cupboard but don't ever take it out or use it.
Get my Drift?
