Obama’s Spying On The Press Was Far More Extensive Than Previously Thought

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Obama grew up in Indonesia. Perhaps that is why he never understood the magnificent American system of governance, by the people, for the people. He acted more like a dictator than a President, spying on and persecuting perceived political adversaries.

Obama’s Spying On The Press Was Far More Extensive Than Previously Thought

May 26, 2019, IOTW, May 26, 2019

When not harassing reporters, Obama officials refused to cooperate with them, racking up the worse record for fulfilling FOIA of any previous administration. Obama even routinely banned news photographers from official events so he could keep an iron grip on his image. Michelle Obama banned the press from her taxpayer-paid China visit.
Also around this time, the Federal Communications Commission announced plans to investigate whether newsrooms were meeting their communities’ “critical information needs.”

On Obama’s watch, the U.S. ranking for press freedom dropped to 46th place.

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Yet, despite the occasional grumbling by an editor or a reporter here or there, most of these attacks went unnoticed. Whenever Obama spoke to the press, he pretended to be their champions. And the press, in turn, acted like teenagers in love rather than professionals threatened by a paranoid control freak.

In fact, when reporters tried to complain about Obama’s treatment, the reporters themselves often got attacked.

The Baltimore Sun’s David Zurawik wrote in 2014 that “I have been comparing Obama to Nixon in his disdain for the First Amendment and a free press since 2009, and mainly all I got was attacked — often from long-time colleagues in the media who couldn’t believe the object of their political affection could have such contempt for them.”

So why has the press saved all its ire for Trump, who has — despite his words — been far friendlier to the press in his deeds than Obama? One can only speculate.

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felix1999
felix1999
4 years ago

It started all the way back in 2012. This is terrifying the DEMS and they don’t want TRANSPARENCY on this
FBI Director Wray is doing all possible to BLOCK Barr digging into this. Barr is at war with all of them. Snowdon helped expose this. I consider Snowdon a selfless hero and a patriot. He blew the whistle on US being spied on. Obama wasn’t spying on terrorists. He was spying on people that opposed him. He routinely allowed the NSA database to be used illegally for this. This is huge!

MrLogical
MrLogical
4 years ago
Reply to  felix1999

Wray needs to go.
He’s just another version of Comey.
He might as well be called James Comey 2.0
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joe neptune
joe neptune
4 years ago

I have always liked this rendition of Obama! It used to get me blocked from posting on FB for days.

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evangeline golding
evangeline golding
4 years ago
Reply to  joe neptune

I love it! Had to copy it 🙂

ConanKong
ConanKong
4 years ago

It wasn’t spying, it was ‘conducting Surveillance” .

MAS
MAS
4 years ago

Yawn. Once again, call me when the swamp creatures start perp walking…

Rick Gouveia
Rick Gouveia
4 years ago

Obama’s spy agents jobs were not just to spy against honest journalists but to force or trick the journalists into committing a crime (entrapment); Marxist Obama holds the world record for persecuting journalists.

Drew the Infidel
Drew the Infidel
4 years ago

First Amendment notwithstanding, it is hard to find sympathy for an institution as corrupt as today’s lamestream media. As the article points out, they only write for each other, hence “talking points”.

All the public wants is factual news stories written with some degree of perspective instead of the partisan agenda-driven propaganda to which we are subjected.

Remeber the old Soviet style handout photos given out by the Obhammud administration with the notation “White House photo”?

Murielle
Murielle
4 years ago

When he was elected, I wanted him to do well. I guess like a lot of people I got caught up in the symbolism of the first black president, but after a few months I started to have doubts. Benghazi finished it for me. Finally, I saw what he and henchman-hillary truly were. Now, I believe every rotten thing that comes to light about him.

Drew the Infidel
Drew the Infidel
4 years ago

Is that Obhammud’s age or IQ he is signaling?

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