Is The Media Giving President Obama A Pass On Continuing Bush-Era Policies?
by Josh Feldman | 12:46 pm, March 13th, 2012
"Remember the days when George W. Bush was hammered in the media for his vast expansions of executive power and tactics in the War on Terror™? Well, some in the liberal blogosphere have noticed a disturbing lack of consistency in calling out Barack Obama for using the same tactics, or even going beyond Bush-era policies. Several former Bush administration officials have noted the hypocrisy, and a POLITICO piece today chronicles several policy areas where Bush would have never gotten a pass like Obama has.
The POLITICO report, titled “What if George W. Bush had done that?” gives five clear examples of where media coverage was harder on Bush than Obama. Remember Eric Holder‘s defense of the targeted killing of Anwar al-Awlaki?" Read the rest at mediaite.com
"Remember the days when George W. Bush was hammered in the media for his vast expansions of executive power and tactics in the War on Terror™? Well, some in the liberal blogosphere have noticed a disturbing lack of consistency in calling out Barack Obama for using the same tactics, or even going beyond Bush-era policies. Several former Bush administration officials have noted the hypocrisy, and a POLITICO piece today chronicles several policy areas where Bush would have never gotten a pass like Obama has.
The POLITICO report, titled “What if George W. Bush had done that?” gives five clear examples of where media coverage was harder on Bush than Obama. Remember Eric Holder‘s defense of the targeted killing of Anwar al-Awlaki?" Read the rest at mediaite.com
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