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WGN-TV mangles Obama-Blago contacts

by admin on 12. Jul, 2010 in David Axelrod, Mainstream Media, Valerie Jarrett

Another example of the press falsely exonerating Obama from any Blagojevich entanglement. This was just posted on the WGN-TV website: Last month, the former governor’s chief of staff, John Harris, told a federal court that people close to President Obama approached him about appointing Obama’s friend Valerie Jarrett to fill the U.S. Senate vacancy left [...]

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Long shadow of Rezko hangs over Obama

by admin on 12. Jul, 2010 in Mainstream Media, Obama/Rezko House Purchase, Tony Rezko

It looks like Tony Rezko won’t be called by the prosecution or defense in the Rod Blagojevich corruption trial. Not a shock because, as the Daily Herald’s Ted Cox explains, nobody quite knows what door Tony would open on the witness stand. It’s not even clear where Tony is these days. What is clear is [...]

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Axelrod dissembles; Tapper fumbles

by admin on 11. Jul, 2010 in David Axelrod, Mainstream Media, Rahm Emanuel, SEIU, Senate Seat, Tom Balanoff, Valerie Jarrett

Usually, Obama administration spokesmen can count on dancing through national television interviews without being asked thorny questions like those pertaining to the Blagojevich trial. Give ABC’s Jake Tapper for trying to get an answer out of David Axelrod. TAPPER: Last question. It appears from the Blagojevich trial this week that the White House’s version of [...]

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WSJ marvels at Obama’s Teflon

by admin on 09. Jul, 2010 in Mainstream Media, Rahm Emanuel, Senate Seat, Tony Rezko, Valerie Jarrett

In a well-done piece this morning, Wall Street Journal’s Kimberley A. Strassel is gap-jawed at the ability of Barack Obama to emerge unscathed, press-wise, from the muck of the Chicago machine and the Blagojevich mess. One remarkable aspect of 2008 is that Mr. Obama emerged from the Chicago machine relatively untainted—the press more than willing [...]

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Politico soft-pedals Obama report discrepancies

by admin on 08. Jul, 2010 in Jesse Jackson, Jr., John Harris, Mainstream Media, Rahm Emanuel, SEIU, Tom Balanoff, Valerie Jarrett

The Politico has your typical Beltway attempt at covering the Obama connection to the Blagojevich trial without scratching too hard. Yeah, Politico mentions that Obama and his cronies are getting hurt by the trial and adds there are no big bombshells yet. Where does the story draw that arbitrary conclusion? From Obama cronies and allies, [...]

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When Axelrod bailed out Blagojevich

by admin on 08. Jul, 2010 in David Axelrod, Mainstream Media

Barack Obama and his coterie of top aides now act as if they barely know Rod Blagojevich. What isn’t widely absorbed is that David Axelrod played a key role in Blagojevich’s rise in politics. He guided his election to the U.S. Congress in 1996 and, at a critical juncture, deflected a Chicago Tribune investigation that [...]

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Beginning of the end for Blago

by admin on 08. Jul, 2010 in Mainstream Media, Patti Blagojevich

In court Wednesday, prosecutors played a tape that signified the beginning of the end for Governor Blagojevich. The call to Blago’s home came from his press secretary at 10:29 p.m. Thursday night, Dec. 4, 2008. He was informing Blagojevich that the Chicago Tribune had a story the next morning saying many of his recent phone [...]

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Sun-Times’ Korecki providing standout coverage

by admin on 06. Jul, 2010 in Mainstream Media

Best coverage by far of the Blagojevich trial can be found at the Blago Blog, produced by Chicago Sun-Times federal courts reporter Natasha Korecki. She is updating testimony in nearly real time and knows the case well enough to provide necessary context. Perfectly executed web journalism. The Chicago Tribune’s blog is well informed as well, [...]

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Sharp-as-a-tack Chicago Sun-Times editorial board notices Blago is corrupt

by admin on 05. Jul, 2010 in Mainstream Media

Today the Chicago Sun-Times editorial page acknowledged it may have been slow to notice the most corrupt Governor’s office in state history—even though the clues included mountains of newspaper articles in its own paper and others and bluntly worded federal plea agreements that described Rod Blagojevich as “Public Official A.” That’s OK, Barack Obama was [...]

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Did the WH know contents of tapes?

by admin on 01. Jul, 2010 in Mainstream Media, Senate Seat

After this week’s testimony at the Blagojevich trial, a few MSM outlets joined us in figuring out that the incoming Obama administration was not truthful in outlining contacts with the Blagojevich administration on the eve of its Inauguration. Ben Smith of Politico called the Obama story “slippery” and Time Magazine wonders what else the WH [...]

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