Reuters, Yahoo, ABC, NBC all pulled this story (Hugo Chavez, Canada, Obama)

[summers73]

White House Gets Reuters To Pull Budget Story | TPM LiveWire

Of course, not everyone just "went along":

Backdoor taxes to hit middle class - International Business Times -

[HappyTexan]

What...the government meddling in the affairs of the objective media ?
The same media who is supposed to be our eyes and ears and report "the truth" ?

Glad I get most of my US news from foreign sites.

[uggabugga]

this administration seems to be following the hugo chavez model; only supplicants need apply.

thankfully the internet captures these stories for posterity.

[HappyTexan]

Originally Posted by uggabugga

this administration seems to be following the hugo chavez model; only supplicants need apply.

thankfully the internet captures these stories for posterity.

or until they get a grip on how to "manage" it for us in a neutral way.

[InformedConsent]

Originally Posted by uggabugga

this administration seems to be following the hugo chavez model; only supplicants need apply.

I was shocked by the brazen censorship and didn't even think of that, but you're absolutely right! Obama is taking a page right out of Chavez's playbook.

"...Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez is "moving forcefully" to stifle media criticism by closing scores of radio stations, tightening controls on one TV station and maneuvering to seize control of another."
Report: Venezuela's Hugo Chávez aggressively seizing control of media - Top Mobile Story - MiamiHerald.com (http://www.miamiherald.com/1463/story/1185474.html - broken link)

Obama... stifling media criticism just like Chavez. Lovely.

[sanrene]

They pulled it due to pressure from the White House.

So instead of relying on the facts and figures of the journalist who wrote the article, Reuters took the talking points and figures from the White to dispute the article.

Amazing.

[InformedConsent]

Originally Posted by sanrene

They pulled it due to pressure from the White House.

So instead of relying on the facts and figures of the journalist who wrote the article, Reuters took the talking points and figures from the White House to dispute the article.

Amazing.

Chavez, part deux.

[sanrene]

I saved the page from Yahoo Canada. Its gone now too.

[lifelongMOgal]

Obama and his minions scrubbed the net during his campaign, why wouldn't they do it from the White House too?

Rahm's had a busy week, strong-arming the press and apologizing for "retard" statements.

[HappyTexan]

Originally Posted by sanrene

They pulled it due to pressure from the White House.

So instead of relying on the facts and figures of the journalist who wrote the article, Reuters took the talking points and figures from the White to dispute the article.

Amazing.

But if you think about it..that implies that the WH has a mighty big influence. Really a bunch of nobodies who can sway mass media like that ?
What type of power do they have to be able to do that..one would wonder.

Also makes you wonder what other areas and segments of the US they "influence" .....