White House says British Newspapers Not Reliable

[Knightskye]

YouTube - Gibbs: British Papers Reliable On Soccer Coverage, Not Torture (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7c2CjtppyM)

EDIT: The Telegraph hits back:

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/nile_gardiner/blog/2009/05/29/robert_gibbs_should_apologise_to_the_british_press _for_his_sneering_rant

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/james_delingpole/blog/2009/05/29/memo_to_obama_attack_dog_robert_gibbs_stop_pooping _on_our_lawn

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/toby_harnden/blog/2009/05/29/robert_gibbs_rattled_by_telegraph_story_lashes_out _at_british_press


1. Congratulations. Your presidential regime has managed to secure the most supine, slobbering, spineless, unquestioning media coverage since Enver Hoxha's Albania.

[lynnf]

ha! translation: also they're not reliable as Obama shills, either. just laugh it off, Gibbs, like you did about the birth certificate!

lynn

[idiom]

He is dissing the Daily Telegraph? Its like the UK's paper of record.

[acptulsa]

Yeah, the 'net's not reliable, either. That's why Rockefeller wants to censor it. If they can't rely completely on all the potential propagandists, we might just accidently retain some liberty. Can't have that.

[Elwar]

The UK papers are liberal rags...it is right of the White House to dismiss them.

[Knightskye]

The UK papers are liberal rags...it is right of the White House to dismiss them.

Yet invite a Huffington Post blogger to a press conference to ask questions?

[Elwar]

Yet invite a Huffington Post blogger to a press conference to ask questions?

The Huffington Post was big into bashing Ron Paul during the campaign...they are no friends to liberty.

[eduardo89]

The UK papers are liberal rags...it is right of the White House to dismiss them.

That's not completely true...perhaps for US standards they're mostly liberal, but then again the Conservative party here isn't exactly what i'd deem socially conservative. Most of the major newspapers side more with the Tories and are quite critical of Labour

[Chomsky]

Is there anybody in Washington more condescending than Gibbs, God I can't stand that guy.
And isn't Chip Reid the same guy he told to be careful about the Supreme court nom.

[Original_Intent]

Fresh fodder for the Daily Show.

[lynnf]

Is there anybody in Washington more condescending than Gibbs, God I can't stand that guy.
And isn't Chip Reid the same guy he told to be careful about the Supreme court nom.


what better mouthpiece for a sham administration than a goofball that has absolutely no respect for the truth, and lives that mantra every day?


lynn

[Imperial]

The UK papers are liberal rags...it is right of the White House to dismiss them.

The Telegraph IS biased, but it is biased more towards neo-conservatism. But Faux News and CNN are worse than the telegraph by far.

BBC may be a little more liberal, but they are generally pretty fair.

The Guardian is an awesome newspaper, which truly balances the views it expresses.

Now Whitehouse.gov or President Obama? I think those are EXTREMELY BIASED!!

[Rangeley]

Any supposed bias really wouldn't matter in this case. The report quotes General Taguba, who was the general that carried out the investigation into the Abu Ghraib prison scandal. He was forced into retirement for being critical of the Bush administration, and even agrees with Obama that the photos shouldn't be released. It's easier for Gibbs to target the British press than Taguba, who has a lot of credibility when he makes claims about what the photos depict.

[idiom]

It would have been better if he had dissed the BBC. The Irony of state media dissing another countrys state media would have been sweet.

[Knightskye]

The Huffington Post was big into bashing Ron Paul during the campaign...they are no friends to liberty.

My point was that it was a "liberal rag", what you labeled British newspapers. Are you saying the White House should have a nuanced policy toward "liberal rags"?


Fresh fodder for the Daily Show.

Having watched the show, it'll probably be the "Moment of Zen" that they do at the end of each show.

[Imperial]

It would have been better if he had dissed the BBC. The Irony of state media dissing another countrys state media would have been sweet.

Except the BBC has more autonomy than state media in other countries. The power to influence the news service is not substantial. Indeed, BBC is much better than CNN, Fox, The White House, or others.

[Knightskye]

Except the BBC has more autonomy than state media in other countries. The power to influence the news service is not substantial. Indeed, BBC is much better than CNN, Fox, The White House, or others.

Autonomy? Certainly, you don't suggest there's someone controlling the media in this country!

[Carole]

With this piece of crap Gibbs, every straightforward probing question becomes a joke. He NEVER gives a straight answer and looks just as foolish as Dana Perrino often did.

I have to say dissembling/spinning makes all these idiots look really stupid. :D

And, of course, they are stupid. But they are all such liars that they fit the bill perectly as politicos. May their particular "gods" have mercy on their wretched souls. "eek"

[Knightskye]

Here are a couple blog entries on the Telegraph's website about the press conference.

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/nile_gardiner/blog/2009/05/29/robert_gibbs_should_apologise_to_the_british_press _for_his_sneering_rant

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/james_delingpole/blog/2009/05/29/memo_to_obama_attack_dog_robert_gibbs_stop_pooping _on_our_lawn

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/toby_harnden/blog/2009/05/29/robert_gibbs_rattled_by_telegraph_story_lashes_out _at_british_press

[Objectivist]

Someone ask Gibbs to give the WH list of reliable news sources...... so I can divest from those companies.

[Brassmouth]

The UK papers are liberal rags...it is right of the White House to dismiss them.

...therefore everything they contain is false?

Excellent logic, there. :rolleyes:

[Knightskye]

Here are a couple blog entries on the Telegraph's website about the press conference.

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/nile_gardiner/blog/2009/05/29/robert_gibbs_should_apologise_to_the_british_press _for_his_sneering_rant

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/james_delingpole/blog/2009/05/29/memo_to_obama_attack_dog_robert_gibbs_stop_pooping _on_our_lawn

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/toby_harnden/blog/2009/05/29/robert_gibbs_rattled_by_telegraph_story_lashes_out _at_british_press

Bump.


Someone ask Gibbs to give the WH list of reliable news sources...... so I can divest from those companies.

Lol, take a guess. ;)