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To: Peter Dierks who wrote (31961)	1/30/2009 2:45:12 PM
From: pompsander	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71588

Obama did it for this reason. Message 25371166

To: Peter Dierks who wrote (31961)	1/30/2009 2:45:48 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 71588

I REPEAT: What 'attack'?????????? (Did someone question his parentage or something? Say he 'palled around with terrorists'? Call him a 'Socialist'? Now those are 'attacks'! <GGG>) Please! (The President's remark was only made in the context of it's intended audience: Congressional Republicans he was speaking with. The President gave them advice last Friday, in the midst of a private meeting, the President told Republican leaders on Capitol Hill that "you can't just listen to Rush Limbaugh and get things done." So WHAT? If they don't like the advice they are certainly under no obligation to take it! :-) Doesn't sound like very much of an 'attack' by Washington standards (or even by the standards of THIS THREAD where a day does not pass without far more egregious 'attacks' being posted. :-)

To: Peter Dierks who wrote (31961)	2/18/2009 12:38:55 PM
From: Peter Dierks	Respond to of 71588

Dem exclusive? Reporters jump ship By MICHAEL CALDERONE 2/18/09 In three months since Election Day, at least a half-dozen prominent journalists have taken jobs working for the federal government. Journalists, including some of those who’ve jumped ship, say it’s better to have a solid job in government than a shaky job — or none at all — in an industry that’s fading fast. But conservative critics answer with a question: Would journalists be making the same career choices if John McCain had beaten Barack Obama in November? “Obama bails out more media water-carriers,” conservative blogger Michelle Malkin wrote upon hearing that the Chicago Tribune’s Jill Zuckman is taking a job with the Obama administration. Blogs at both the Weekly Standard and the National Review are pointing to a “revolving door” that spins between the media and the Obama administration. And while Brent Bozell, president of the conservative Media Research Center, acknowledges that financial troubles may be forcing reporters out of newsrooms, he thinks it’s worth noting where they’re going. “When some leave journalism because of a reduction in staff, what’s the natural landing spot?” The Obama administration,” Bozell charged. Zuckman says it’s not so. In an interview, she said that she began looking around for a new job last month, motivated by the grim state of the industry — her employer, the Tribune Co., recently slashed its D.C. bureau — and also by her own feeling that she’d accomplished what she’d set out to do covering politics. She said she had no plans to go to the administration — until she heard about an opening under Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, a former Republican representative she’s long respected for reaching across the aisle. So, would Zuckman have taken — or even been offered — such a job if McCain were president? “I have a great deal of respect for [McCain] and have thoroughly enjoyed covering him over the years,” Zuckman said. “But there’s no way I can answer your hypothetical because I wouldn’t know who he would have chosen for secretary of transportation. My decision to go to work for the Obama administration is tied up in my relationship with Ray LaHood and his focus on getting the economy back on track.” As for other reporters making similar moves, Zuckman said that she didn’t think there would be so many “if the industry were stable.” But it isn’t largely due to their lack of impartiality, and there are. On Tuesday, Cox’s Scott Shepard joined Sen. John Kerry’s office as a speechwriter, becoming the second journalist this year to take a job under the Massachusetts Democrat. Investigative reporter Doug Frantz is now chief investigator under the Kerry-helmed Senate Foreign Relations Committee. A week before Zuckman announced that she’s headed for Obama’s Transportation Department, her Tribune colleague Peter Gosselin signed on as speechwriter for Obama’s treasury secretary, Tim Geithner. In December, Jay Carney relinquished his perch as Time’s Washington bureau chief to become gaffe prone Vice President Joe Biden’s communications director. Warren Bass left the Washington Post’s Outlook section to write speeches and advise Dr. Susan Rice at the United Nations. Daniel W. Reilly left Politico to become communications director for Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) Linda Douglass left the National Journal for the Obama campaign back in May and is expected to become assistant secretary for public affairs in the department of Health and Human Services. On Monday, Pew’s Project for Excellence in Journalism published a report on “The New Washington Press Corps,” grim statistics confirming the high rate at which regional newspapers are shuttering their D.C. bureaus while niche and foreign outlets grow. Of the journalists flocking to government jobs, Pew Project Director Tom Rosenstiel says: “The newspaper industry, in Washington in particular, is suffering mightily.” politico.com