All Barack Channel - Dishes WH on new Book

Sexism in the White House ....

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Only ABC Touts 'Bombshell' Charges Against Obama in New Book



A new book alleging sexism, dissension and incompetence inside the Obama White House has, thus far, only gotten major coverage on one network, ABC. Good Morning America's George Stephanopoulos on Monday proclaimed that the "bombshell book" is sending "shock waves through the White House."

The morning shows on NBC and CBS skipped the allegations in Ron Suskind's "Confidence Men." However, on the September 19 GMA, Jake Tapper provided a full breakdown of the allegations, explaining, "Damning details about the Obama White House fill the pages of 'Confidence Men.'"

He recounted, "Behind the artifice of White House photo-ops, aides fight ferociously. In one showdown over a proposed Tax where Budget director Peter Orszag wrote a memo without going to Summers first, Summers yells 'What you've done is immoral!'"

Tapper highlighted "one of the stronger charges" in the book:

JAKE TAPPER: Former economic adviser Christy Romer is quoted as saying, "I felt like a piece of meat after Summers intentionally excluded her from a meeting, though she now denies saying that. Former communications director Anita Dunn is quoted saying, "This place would be in court for a hostile workplace because it actually fit all the classic legal requirements for a genuinely hostile workplace to women."

On another allegation, Tapper added, "Now, George, the most explosive charge in the book is that Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner refused to carry out an order by President Obama to prepare for the dissolution of one of America's biggest bank."

In total, ABC has covered the story three times, both on Sunday and Monday's GMA and, briefly, on This Week.

There, anchor Christiane Amanpour referred to "Confidence Men" as the "gossip at the moment." She asked historian Michael Beschloss one question on the topic.


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JAKE TAPPER: That's right. President Obama wants the focus today to be on his plan for deficit reduction. More than $2 trillion over the next ten years. But White House officials have spent so much time over the weekend responding to charges in this book which paints a picture of a White House plagued by infighting, sexism and a President who gets rolled by his own advisers. Damning details about the Obama White House fill the pages of Confidence Men. Former top economic advisor Larry Summers tells another top aide, "We're home alone, there's no adult in charge. Clinton would never have made these mistakes." Senior adviser Peter Rouse writes a memo criticizing how the economic team tries to re-litigate the overall policy even after the President makes a decision, forcing reconsideration of the details until the very last moment and even then implementation by Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner is slow and uneven.

TAPPER: Former economic adviser Christy Romer is quoted as saying, "I felt like a piece of meat after Summers intentionally excluded her from a meeting, though she now denies saying that. Former communications director Anita Dunn is quoted saying, "This place would be in court for a hostile workplace because it actually fit all the classic legal requirements for a genuinely hostile workplace to women." Dunn now underline that she does not actually think the White House is hostile. But, she's one of several women described in the book as expressing concerns to the President about how women are excluded. Now, George, the most explosive charge in the book is that Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner refused to carry out an order by President Obama to prepare for the dissolution of one of America's biggest bank. But senior administration officials say that the author, Ron Suskind, misunderstood what was actually going on or misconstrued it purposely because he wanted to prove the thesis of his book, George.