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by Ed Morrissey
February 28, 2013
If Bob Woodwards experience wasnt quite as harrowing as he first let on, Lanny Davis anecdote sounds more like the real deal. Bill Clintons former special counsel told Larry OConnor and Brian Wilson on WMAL that his columns at The Washington Times got the Obama administration so angry, they threatened Davis editor with removing the papers accreditation to cover the White House:
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Former Clinton aide: Obama WH threatened my paper, too « Hot Air
February 28, 2013
If Bob Woodwards experience wasnt quite as harrowing as he first let on, Lanny Davis anecdote sounds more like the real deal. Bill Clintons former special counsel told Larry OConnor and Brian Wilson on WMAL that his columns at The Washington Times got the Obama administration so angry, they threatened Davis editor with removing the papers accreditation to cover the White House:
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dR-uoBT4uJ8]Lanny Davis on WMAL 2-28-13 - YouTube[/ame]
Lanny Davis, formerly a special counsel to President Bill Clinton, told WMALs Brian Wilson and Larry OConnor that a White House official once threatened to have The Washington Times White House credentials revoked over columns Davis had written.
Davis says his editor received a phone call from a senior Obama White House official who didnt like some of my columns, even though Im a supporter of Obama. I couldnt imagine why this call was made.
Davis isnt buying the pushback on the Woodward story, either. While he allows that the context may have been couched as friendly advice, a White House that uses the words you will regret is a White House threatening a reporter. In Davis case, there isnt even that friendly veneer just a call to the editor demanding that the paper dump Davis as a columnist, along with a nice White House credential ya got there implication if the Times didnt comply.
Davis says his editor received a phone call from a senior Obama White House official who didnt like some of my columns, even though Im a supporter of Obama. I couldnt imagine why this call was made.
Davis isnt buying the pushback on the Woodward story, either. While he allows that the context may have been couched as friendly advice, a White House that uses the words you will regret is a White House threatening a reporter. In Davis case, there isnt even that friendly veneer just a call to the editor demanding that the paper dump Davis as a columnist, along with a nice White House credential ya got there implication if the Times didnt comply.
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Read more:
Former Clinton aide: Obama WH threatened my paper, too « Hot Air