Obama team 'controlled' the media

Severa · 10-19-2009, 05:34 PM

Telegraph.co.uk - White House aide says Barack Obama team 'controlled' the media

The top campaign strategist who has shot to attention recently as President Obama's main attack dog against Fox News, the conservative-leaning cable network, was speaking at a conference in the Dominican Republic in January.

"Very rarely did we communicate through the press anything that we didn't absolutely control," she said.

"One of the reasons we did so many of the David Plouffe [Mr Obama's campaign manager] videos was not just for our supporters, but also because it was a way for us to get our message out without having to actually talk to reporters.

"We just put that out there and made them write what Plouffe had said as opposed to Plouffe doing an interview with a reporter. So it was very much we controlled it as opposed to the press controlled it."

Footage of her remarks – which, ironically, include the advice that "thanks to YouTube, anything you say you should expect to be on YouTube" – have spread virally on YouTube, the video-sharing website, since first becoming public on Sunday.

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Truly amazing stuff, ladies and gents.
Just when I think I can't get surprised, someone else in Obama's administration speaks up.

*chernmax* ^(Premo) · 10-19-2009, 05:36 PM

LOL, especially if you were reading here 10 minutes earlier...

Obama Team 'Controlled' Media

Severa · 10-19-2009, 05:38 PM

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Originally Posted by chernmax

LOL, especially if you were reading here 10 minutes earlier...

Obama Team 'Controlled' Media

You beat me to it! Sorry I missed it.

10-19-2009, 05:34 PM	#1 (permalink)
Severa Common sense ain't common Member Since: Nov 2006 Location: Great Mills Posts: 1,052	Obama team 'controlled' the media Telegraph.co.uk - White House aide says Barack Obama team 'controlled' the media The top campaign strategist who has shot to attention recently as President Obama's main attack dog against Fox News, the conservative-leaning cable network, was speaking at a conference in the Dominican Republic in January. "Very rarely did we communicate through the press anything that we didn't absolutely control," she said. "One of the reasons we did so many of the David Plouffe [Mr Obama's campaign manager] videos was not just for our supporters, but also because it was a way for us to get our message out without having to actually talk to reporters. "We just put that out there and made them write what Plouffe had said as opposed to Plouffe doing an interview with a reporter. So it was very much we controlled it as opposed to the press controlled it." Footage of her remarks – which, ironically, include the advice that "thanks to YouTube, anything you say you should expect to be on YouTube" – have spread virally on YouTube, the video-sharing website, since first becoming public on Sunday. ================= Truly amazing stuff, ladies and gents. Just when I think I can't get surprised, someone else in Obama's administration speaks up. Last edited by Severa : 10-19-2009 at 05:37 PM.
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10-19-2009, 05:36 PM	#2 (permalink)
chernmax ^(Premo) You Lie!!! Member Since: Jul 2006 Location: Displaced New Yorker in Southern MD Posts: 9,814	LOL, especially if you were reading here 10 minutes earlier... Obama Team 'Controlled' Media __________________ - Obamacare, "It's Shovel Ready" - Dither Free Zone!
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