October 27, 2009
JUST ANOTHER RIGHTWING WHACKO ATTACK?:
Whiner in chief should do Fox interview (John Nichols, October 21, 2009, Capital Times)
The Obama administration really needs to get over itself.Posted by Orrin Judd at October 27, 2009 6:59 PMFirst, the president and his aides go to war with Fox News because the network maintains a generally anti-Obama slant.
Then, an administration aide attacks bloggers for failing to maintain a sufficiently pro-Obama slant.
These are not disconnected developments.
An administration that won the White House with an almost always on-message campaign and generally friendly coverage from old and new media is now frustrated by its inability to control the debate and get the coverage it wants.