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Woodward To Hannity: Not ‘Threatened’
By White House, But Still Concerned
About Intimidation

Mediaite, by Josh Feldman

Original Article

Posted By:KarenJ1, 2/28/2013 10:06:12 PM

Bob Woodward sat down with Sean Hannity tonight to elaborate on all the fallout from his claim yesterday he received an intimidating e-mail from the White House telling him he’ll “regret” his reporting. He clarified that he didn’t feel personally threatened, but it was still inappropriate for the White House to engage with a member of the press in that kind of intimidating manner. Woodward told Hannity that Gene Sperling, the White House official who e-mailed the intimidating e-mail, was shouting at him before sending the e-mail,

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Woodward said he was flooded with emails from other journalists saying they have been treated the same way by this White House. What a shock. s/o Maybe this will shake things up in Washington. I´m not holding my breath.

  

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Reply 1 - Posted by: TruthandJustice, 2/28/2013 10:52:44 PM     (No. 9201877)

Nothing..not a single solitary word out of this publication
can be trusted ...Mediaite is a communist tool of propaganda...supported by Soros...to LIE for Obama and his communist minions


Reply 2 - Posted by: pickle1, 2/28/2013 11:24:52 PM     (No. 9201895)

Told you. These people never tell the truth.


   

 

  


 
Reply 3 - Posted by: Spidey, 3/1/2013 5:41:15 AM     (No. 9202049)

The attack on Woodward was more than just an attack on Woodward,it´s a warning for other journalist to say anything negative about the thin skinned lying Obama.

Obama´s media protection mob is the main reason he´s still hanging in there on approvals and he doesn´t want that boat rocked.
We read stories here every day which will never make it to the general public´s eyeballs.They depend solely on the MSM as their news source.

They aren´t done spinning this story yet.Sperling was an idiot for sending a documentable e mail ,if it was just a phone call he could have lied his way out of it.


Reply 4 - Posted by: globalwarmer, 3/1/2013 7:06:13 AM     (No. 9202133)

Some say the Obama regime is akin to the Nixon Administration; paranoid and threatening. The big difference, of course, is that Nixon loved his country.


Reply 5 - Posted by: mrduc, 3/1/2013 7:48:35 AM     (No. 9202204)

So, will they trade in their kneepads for a spine? Inquiring minds want to know. (And also aren´t holding their breath.)


Reply 6 - Posted by: Holeymoses, 3/1/2013 8:24:58 AM     (No. 9202273)

Just a little dust -up between friends. Both need each other and soon all will be forgiven. What is more interesting, is ´The Lord of the FLies´ attack by Woodworm´s own cohorts.


Reply 7 - Posted by: LZK, 3/1/2013 8:51:11 AM     (No. 9202335)

SOROS pulls the bamster´s strings -- WE all know that -- so this isn´t a surprise....

The bamster will over/play his hands -- and -- SOROS will be exposed....

Are you listening Valerie Jarretttttt -- you wrascally iranian in American clothes....your day of reckoning is quickly approaching....

Latest demorat/game from Chicago, Illinois. Our cook country president (a liberal and friends with Valerie Jarrettttt) just raised the price of cigarettes $1.00 effective yesterday. NO explanation -- except she´s trying to stop more smokers (shades of bloomie of NY) from the habit -- and -- BTW it will raise 25Million in revenue so she can hire more public employeee agents to monitor the system. I kid you not. Those were her words....

LZK


   

 

  


 
Reply 8 - Posted by: Chuzzles, 3/1/2013 9:21:42 AM     (No. 9202398)

This regime reminds me daily of the Ceaucescu´s during their heyday. Remember them? About the only thing missing is Michelle´s fur coat and fancier than usual diamond jewelry.


Reply 9 - Posted by: sherlock1, 3/1/2013 10:03:13 AM     (No. 9202494)

I think Woodward IS washed up! First he steps on his own story (WH showing "madness") with a sideshow about he-said, she-said, and now he waters that one down. WH must have the goods on him.


Reply 10 - Posted by: mamameatballs, 3/1/2013 10:14:59 AM     (No. 9202521)

We´re a first rate country ruled, not governed, by a slippery, shifty, dishonest, incompetent third world head-of-state and his
minions.




Reply 11 - Posted by: RancherJack, 3/1/2013 10:33:51 AM     (No. 9202575)

Shoulda heard Old Reliable "Lanny Davis" mush mouth his way through a Hannity interview about intimidation. Appalling.

But then, Hannity declaring, "Love you, sir." And "let´s get together for lunch soon" at the end of that interview was gag-inducing.

It´s all a sham for ratings.


Reply 12 - Posted by: peterfleming, 3/1/2013 11:00:10 AM     (No. 9202652)

We have a first, breaking, clue: Obie, the pretender, threatening Woodward and other press indicates Obie’s losing his grip. It’s becoming clear even to Obie’s commie lapdog, Gene Sperling, who wrote to Bob, “you will regret doing this”. Woodward, in his elderly, slow, cautious way DID come up with one good line after listening to Bob´s dreary, dull words plodding along. He said, Washington, "It´s a crazed town". And god bless him, that does say it all, especially from a respected old codger like Bob. "A crazed town". Good for him ! And he added that the White House is “trying to control the press”…..duhhh. (Glad old Bobby figured that one out!) Let´s face it, it´s a madhouse of addicted greedy, arrogant, self serving pigs at the classic trough of fake money printed at the Federal Reserve (actually an unsupervised private bank with anonymous unaccounted-for directors, accountable to nobody). The total craziness of our commie driven Federal Feeding Racket, and all of it protected by the Diane Sawyers of the TV protection racket……..except for an occasional Bob Woodward. Maybe it’s just the beginning of breaking the Berlin Wall of censorship.


   

 



 
Reply 13 - Posted by: ocjim, 3/1/2013 12:24:16 PM     (No. 9202891)

Why is no one talking about according to Woodward that Sperling was yelling at him for an hour? I think the emails were just the denouement to the Sperling outburst that evidently failed to budge Woodward in his opinions on the sequester. And the subsequent attempt by Plooof tweeting to discredit Woodward was at the same time both sophomoric and spooky.

Even more telling is Woodward´s stating that he´s received numerous communications in the past day from other reporters who have been pressured by this WH. The WH knows full well that especially the younger less experienced, job-fearing reporters are especially vulnerable to intimidation. Bullies.


Reply 14 - Posted by: ocjim, 3/1/2013 12:33:31 PM     (No. 9202918)

And yes, #12. Lanny and his editor have got some kind of Stockholm thing going on where they agree with the the WH guy(s) who threatened him, not to divulge who/what/when publicly about the threats. Bizarre. But then again this whole country seems locked in some kind of bizarro world since Jan 20, 2009.


Reply 15 - Posted by: Heraclitus, 3/1/2013 4:59:58 PM     (No. 9203442)

#15-- since our fellow "citizens" elected him in ´08...

Woody ought to be infuriated by the intimidation efforts. Every person who loves libery ought to be incensed.

These are the beginning tactics of despots and tyrants. They start out bloodless, but rarely remain so.

So far Woody isn´t backing down. I´m wondering, though, will he stand firm when invitations to all the DC glitterati paries dry up, and colleagues shun him, walk on the other side of the street when they see him coming, take the stairs instead of ride in the same elevator?

Ostracism is a tough thing to endure. Time will show what Woodward´s mettle is.

Time will also tell whether we Americans deserve liberty.

This far, and no farther!


Reply 16 - Posted by: Dodge Boy, 3/1/2013 8:26:13 PM     (No. 9203717)

Could it be the msm is starting to catch on that it has been the cast of useful idiots all this time supporting a rigged re-election of Amerika´s first dictator. But, then, will say, follow the money. Unless the msm starts hemorraging money, lots of money, nothing will substantially change. CNN has been hanging on, but, for how long?


Reply 17 - Posted by: get er done, 3/1/2013 11:46:28 PM     (No. 9203911)

Bob Woodward had to appear on Fox/Hannity to get a fair hearing on the threats from the white house and the half hour of shouting from Sperling.

Woodward will probably end up a regular on Fox News.

What is amazing is that this occurs one year after Andrew Breitbart died.


   

 

  


 
Reply 18 - Posted by: ColonialAmerican1623, 3/1/2013 11:50:38 PM     (No. 9203917)

Not so fast Hannity. What ever happened to Hannity repeating over and over about exposing Zippy and when the awaited day came-nada.



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