CNN Anchor: Obama Administration Not Afraid to Threaten Jobs of Journalists Who Actually Do Their Job

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CNN Anchor: Obama Administration Not Afraid to Threaten Jobs of Journalists Who Actually Do Their Job

It’s not a good sign when the White House tries to stop the press from doing its job (via Newsbusters):

COSTELLO: And Will really does have a point. Because I felt it first hand when I was, you know, reporting on the presidential race. I mean President Obama’s people can be quite nasty. They don’t like you to say anything bad about their boss, and they’re not afraid to use whatever means they have at hand to stop you from doing that, including threatening your job.

As the Washington Post reported earlier, the Department of Justice spied on the Associated Press and Fox News reporter James Rosen. Maybe Obama’s favorable coverage is not all because of what a swell guy he is, after all…http://www.ijreview.com/2013/10/90368-cnn-anchor-obama-administration-afraid-threaten-jobs-journalists-actually-job/

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He personally requested that this one stay in jail for reporting about US bombing in his home region. Oh, that's right, conservatives only care about certain targets and not others.

Abdulelah Haider Shaye, Yemeni Journalist, Freed From Prison

Posted: 07/23/2013 12:49 pm EDT | Updated: 07/23/2013 1:57 pm EDT

Abdulelah Haider Shaye, a Yemeni journalist, is free from the prison where he has been held for the past three years.

Reporter Jeremy Scahill tweeted the news on Tuesday, adding, "According to Shaye's lawyer, he is not allowed to leave Sana'a for 2 years after which time his case will be reviewed." Shaye was arrested by the Yemeni government in 2010 under allegations of being an ally to Al Qaeda.

His imprisonment has been blamed on President Obama, who personally intervened in early 2011 when it seemed that then-Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh was going to pardon Shaye. Obama called Saleh to express concern about Shaye, who remained in prison.

Shaye had access to Al Qaeda officials, but was trusted by the Washington Post, ABC News, the New York Times and other media outlets to which he contributed. His arrest came several months after he reported that the U.S. was responsible for a missile strike that the Yemeni government claimed it carried out.

News of his release will surely come as a relief to human rights organizations that have condemned his imprisonment, including Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, Reporters Without Borders and the Committee to Protect Journalists.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/23/abdulelah-haider-shaye-freed_n_3640272.html

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That liberal media bias again.

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That liberal media bias again.

More like the paranoid right wing echo chamber struck again.

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More like the paranoid right wing echo chamber struck again.

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If you changed the word to haters, this sign would be still make perfect sense.

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are you running out of obama supporter zombie memes or what? this one's just lazy.