The Media Coverup of Benghazi has family ties.

[OriginalShroom]

Is it any wonder that the MSM is not really covering the Obama admin Benghazi coverup?

Presidents of ABC and CBS News Have Siblings Working at White House With Ties to Benghazi | NewsBusters

"CBS News President David Rhodes and ABC News President Ben Sherwood, both of them have siblings that not only work at the White House, that not only work for President Obama, but they work at the NSC on foreign policy issues directly related to Benghazi."

So stated political consultant and media commentator Richard Grenell on Saturday's Fox News Watch

RICHARD GRENELL: I think the media's becoming the story, let's face it. CBS News President David Rhodes and ABC News President Ben Sherwood, both of them have siblings that not only work at the White House, that not only work for President Obama, but they work at the NSC on foreign policy issues directly related to Benghazi. Let's call a spade a spade.

Let's also show you why CNN did not go very far in covering these hearings because the CNN deputy bureau chief, Virginia Moseley, is married to Hillary Clinton’s deputy, Tom Nides. It is time for the media to start asking questions why are they not covering this. It's a family matter for some of them.

JON SCOTT, HOST: So they don't want to bring embarrassment upon folks who, who they're close to?

GRENELL: Who directly are related to this story. Absolutely. They're covering for them. There's no question about it.

For the record, Ben Sherwood's sister, Dr. Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall, is the Special Assistant to Barack Obama.

Virginia Moseley's husband, Tom Nides, is the Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources.


As for David Rhodes' brother Ben, he is Obama's Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communication.

As ABCNews.com reported Friday, Rhodes was a key player in revising the White House's Benghazi talking points last September:


In an email dated 9/14/12 at 9:34 p.m. — three days after the attack and two days before Ambassador Rice appeared on the Sunday shows – Deputy National Security Advisor Ben Rhodes wrote an email saying the State Department’s concerns needed to be addressed.

“We must make sure that the talking points reflect all agency equities, including those of the State Department, and we don’t want to undermine the FBI investigation. We thus will work through the talking points tomorrow morning at the Deputies Committee meeting.”

After that meeting, which took place Saturday morning at the White House, the CIA drafted the final version of the talking points – deleting all references to al Qaeda and to the security warnings in Benghazi prior to the attack.

Consider, too, that CBS News executives possibly including Rhodes have allegedly come down on their own investigative reporter Sharyl Attkisson for "wading dangerously close to advocacy on" Benghazi.

If Attkisson gets the boot, it could very well be with a foot attached to the brother of an Obama administration official directly involved in the cover-up.

A family matter indeed.

 

[Mr. H.]

Curiouser and curiouser...

 

[ScienceRocks]

The media has become a arm of the government in this country at the same levels as the chinese media. I'm not mixing words.

Political party means more over factful reporting.

 

[Crackerjaxon]

Curiouser and curiouser...

Yes. At first glance, I thought the misinformation campaign was simply a dodge to smooth the election road for Obama. Now, I'm beginning to wonder if there aren't deeper implications.

 

[ScienceRocks]

Curiouser and curiouser...

Yes. At first glance, I thought the misinformation campaign was simply a dodge to smooth the election road for Obama. Now, I'm beginning to wonder if there aren't deeper implications.

The media works for the party...Most of it at least. Scary.

 

[longknife]

For those who claim NewsBuster is a biased RightWing outlet, here's this:

Biased Media?

This comes from Doug Ross @ Journal blog [clearly a Rightwing site]

IT MAKES PERFECT SENSE NOW: ABC, CBS and CNN top executives all have siblings or spouses working directly for Obama

The Democrat Party and the media are indistinguishable from one another and it doesn't take much digging to prove it. @ Relatives of top CBS, ABC and CNN executives helping Obama on Benghazi! - Washington DC Independent | Examiner.com

You knew the mainstream media was biased, but this is incredible. It was revealed today that CBS News President David Rhodes' brother is Obama Deputy National Security Advisor Ben Rhodes, who was instrumental in rewriting the Benghazi talking points. But it gets worse. It is now learned that ABC President Ben Sherwood's sister, Dr. Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall, is a Special Assistant to Barack Obama on national security affairs. But even this isn't it! CNN's deputy bureau chief, Virginia Moseley, is the wife of Tom Nides, who until February was Hillary Clinton's deputy.

Okay, so just because family members of top news organization leaders work for the Obama administration, that makes the outlets biased? Answer that question for yourself.


Benghazi Timeline Spreadsheet

And then directorblue provides this that should make you think a bit @ Relatives of top CBS, ABC and CNN executives helping Obama on Benghazi! - Washington DC Independent | Examiner.com

 

[tinydancer]

Jay Carney is married to Claire Shipman; senior correspondent ABC news.

 

[buckeye45_73]

Jay Carney is married to Claire Shipman; senior correspondent ABC news.

and Jay Carney was once trotted out as an independant objective thinker at Time, which was and is absolute crap

 

[fyrenza]

Curiouser and curiouser...

you beat me to it! i was going to say :

And the plot thickens ...

 

[dilloduck]

We're getting hosed

 

[Black_Label]

 

[fyrenza]

The media has become a arm of the government in this country at the same levels as the chinese media. I'm not mixing words.

Political party means more over factful reporting.

Someone's sig is (paraphrased) :

"The media is the propaganda arm of the gov"

How true that has become, more's the pity.

The "great" days of journalism, of actual FACTS being presented,
of "getting the scoop" and out'ing the lawlessness,
are gone,

to be replaced with <cough!> actors/actresses,
mouthing opinion and totally DISTORTING the facts.

It's a pretty sad day in Muddville, when blatant LIES are defended, imho.

 

[tinydancer]

Jay Carney is married to Claire Shipman; senior correspondent ABC news.

and Jay Carney was once trotted out as an independant objective thinker at Time, which was and is absolute crap

No kidding. Any pretense of unbiased reporting in the majority of the media has at least evaporated.

I'm glad actually they have finally dropped the facade and are honest advocates for progressives, liberals and the Democrat party and their agendas. They are now clearly our enemies.

 

[tinydancer]

The media has become a arm of the government in this country at the same levels as the chinese media. I'm not mixing words.

Political party means more over factful reporting.

Someone's sig is (paraphrased) :

"The media is the propaganda arm of the gov"

How true that has become, more's the pity.

The "great" days of journalism, of actual FACTS being presented,
of "getting the scoop" and out'ing the lawlessness,
are gone,

to be replaced with <cough!> actors/actresses,
mouthing opinion and totally DISTORTING the facts.

It's a pretty sad day in Muddville, when blatant LIES are defended, imho.

Truly the majority of the media outlets in America have become the equivalent of the USSR's media "in the day" PRAVDA.

Even outlets such as the CBC in Canada, BBC in Britain, France24 and others, as left leaning as they are, they keep their editorials on the editorial pages and not on the front page.

They will give you the news; granted they'll spin it in editorials; but these media outlets won't censor the news as we are witnessing with the American media.

 

[asterism]

Jay Carney is married to Claire Shipman; senior correspondent ABC news.

That one point doesn't seem surprising, WH Press Secretary is almost always someone from the media - it's pretty much the definition of the job.

Tony Snow was a Fox News reporter before he was Press Secretary for GW Bush.

 

[buckeye45_73]

Jay Carney is married to Claire Shipman; senior correspondent ABC news.

That one point doesn't seem surprising, WH Press Secretary is almost always someone from the media - it's pretty much the definition of the job.

Tony Snow was a Fox News reporter before he was Press Secretary for GW Bush.

True, but he was always labeled a conservative journslist....was carney ever labeled liberal?

 

[tinydancer]

Jay Carney is married to Claire Shipman; senior correspondent ABC news.

That one point doesn't seem surprising, WH Press Secretary is almost always someone from the media - it's pretty much the definition of the job.

Tony Snow was a Fox News reporter before he was Press Secretary for GW Bush.

Of course WH Press Secretaries are almost always someone from the media. To be expected and Jay Carney is a seasoned journalist to be sure.

But this thread is dealing with family relationships between the White House and various high ranking figures in prominent media outlets.

 

[OriginalShroom]

Jay Carney is married to Claire Shipman; senior correspondent ABC news.

That one point doesn't seem surprising, WH Press Secretary is almost always someone from the media - it's pretty much the definition of the job.

Tony Snow was a Fox News reporter before he was Press Secretary for GW Bush.

Of course WH Press Secretaries are almost always someone from the media. To be expected and Jay Carney is a seasoned journalist to be sure.

But this thread is dealing with family relationships between the White House and various high ranking figures in prominent media outlets.

A point many on the left are doing their best to pretend doesn't exist.

 

[Stephanie]

ABC AND CBS should not be TRUSTED for the facts or the TRUTH PEOPLE

we've already had enough evidence of them spinning spinning spinning