Saturday, March 05, 2011

As some in media pick up on ‘Gunwalker,’ others remain (intentionally?) clueless

Meanwhile, it would appear regional management is stepping up to follow the marching orders from ATF’s chief of spin to “proactively push positive stories this week, in an effort to preempt some negative reporting, or at minimum, lessen the coverage of such stories in the news cycle by replacing them with good stories about ATF.” OregonLive.com reports ATF’s Kelvin Crenshaw has released the Kraken and “proactively pushed” on cue... [More]
Today's Gun Rights Examiner column demonstrates the difference between reporters and "Authorized Journalists."

2 comments:

W W Woodward said...

Looks like Holder and Melson are circling the wagons so they can brief everybody and get their stories together. Both these guys have been in the system for a while and should know that when an experienced investigator gets the same story from everyone he interrogates, he knows he’s hearing a fabrication. Of course they may be so arrogant that they believe they’re the only people who would recognize a set piece story.

I hope Senator Grassley has noticed the disrespect Holder and Melson are demonstrating toward him. He has directed personal correspondence to both men and as far as I can see neither has replied directly, choosing instead to use a flunky, Ronald Weich, to indirectly address his concerns, as well as to make uncalled for insinuations and veiled threats.

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W W Woodward said...

Honest:

I made the above comment about circling the wagons before I saw Mike's post for today.
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