PrintOctober 28, 2008
Biden said to ban another TV station (with video)
Tough questions mean no further access. Only lapdogs get acces.
This time it is close to home: KYW TV, channel 3 in Philadelphia, a station serving Wilmington, DE, to which Biden famously commutes to every night while in the Senate. Joe just doesn't like tough questions. Journalists: take note of what awaits under an Obama presidency.
Hat tip: Susan L.
Update: The Los Angeles Times understands the mesages being sent by Obama/Biden, and is refusing to release the videotape it has of Obama attending a function honoring Rashid Khalidi, former spokesman for Yasser Araft, at which anti-Israel poetry was read. Little Green Footballs publishes a letter sent by the LAT to a reader demanding release of the tape:
From: Readers Rep
Date: Monday, October 27, 2008 16:14
Subject: RE: Not read: The L.A. Times Suppressing Obama’s Khalidi Bash Tape?
To:
[...]
The Times did write about the tape, so I’m not sure what you mean aboutsuppressing the video or information from the video. Here is a copy of the report about the video.
Thanks again for writing,
Jamie Gold
Readers’ Representative
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If that is the case, then release the video that you have of the event and don’t merely report it. Why is the Los Angeles Times sitting on a videotape of the 2003 farewell bash in Chicago at which Barack Obama lavished praise on the guest of honor, Rashid Khalidi - former mouthpiece for master terrorist Yasser Arafat?
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Thanks for your note back. It sounds as if you don’t find “mere reporting” to be enough, but The Times is not suppressing anything.
Just the opposite — the L.A. Times brought the matter to light.
Thanks again for taking the time to write.
Jamie Gold
Readers’ Representative
