“Jake Tapper and Fox News are the only things standing between us and a Chavez type democracy.”
So says the first commenter over at Jake Tapper’s blog, Political Punch. Tapper had an interesting exchange with White House spokesman Robert Gibbs on the nature of Obama’s stupid war with FOX News.
“From this morning’s gaggle in White House press secretary Robert Gibbs’ office:”
“Tapper: It’s escaped none of our notice that the White House has decided in the last few weeks to declare one of our sister organizations “not a news organization” and to tell the rest of us not to treat them like a news organization. Can you explain why it’s appropriate for the White House to decide that a news organization is not one –”
“(Crosstalk)”
“Gibbs: Jake, we render, we render an opinion based on some of their coverage and the fairness that, the fairness of that coverage.”
Hat tip to Ed Morrissey at Hot Air.
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