Wednesday, February 16, 2011

White House Media: Deliberate End Run Around The MSM?

By Devin Dwyer
ABCNews
February 15, 2011

As the 2012 presidential campaign kicks into gear, President Obama's White House media operation is demonstrating an unprecedented ability to broadcast its message through social media and the Internet, at times doing an end-run around the traditional press. 
[snip]
Members of the press have always had quibbles with White House media strategies, calling cut-backs in access an affront to transparency, even as administration officials insist they're simply taking advantage of new technologies.

But some say the current dynamic is different, and dangerous. 

No comments:

Post a Comment