As much as Conservatives are in an uproar over the Benghazi debacle we have to be honest with ourselves. This story has not done Obama much damage politically. Despite telling ourselves the media is losing influence, the Benghazi cover up proves otherwise. Think of all Obama has gotten away with: Fast and Furious, an anemic economy, Solyndra and the Benghazi debacle. None of these have seriously damaged Obama politically. Any normal politician whether a Democrat and especially a Republican would have been sunk over any one of these issues. Obama’s staying power is due entirely to the media-industrial complex.
Where is the Benghazi media feeding frenzy?
I don’t think there’s a conspiracy at work. Rather, I think journalists tend to act on their instincts. And, collectively, the mainstream media’s instincts run liberal.
In 2000, a Democratic operative orchestrated an “October surprise” attack on George W. Bush, revealing that 24 years earlier, he’d been arrested for drunken driving. The media went into a feeding frenzy.
“Is all the 24-hour coverage of Bush’s 24-year-old DUI arrest the product of a liberal media almost drunk on the idea of sinking him, or is it a legitimate, indeed unavoidable news story?” asked Howard Kurtz on his CNN show “Reliable Sources.” The consensus among the guests: It wasn’t a legitimate news story. But the media kept going with it.
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Last week, Fox News correspondent Jennifer Griffin reported that sources on the ground in Libya say they pleaded for support during the attack on the Benghazi consulate that led to the deaths of four Americans. They were allegedly told twice to “stand down.” Worse, there are suggestions that significant military resources were available to counterattack, but requests for help were denied.
If true, the White House’s concerted effort to blame the attack on a video crumbles, as do several other fraudulent claims. Yet, last Friday, the president boasted, “The minute I found out what was happening” in Benghazi, he ordered that everything possible be done to protect our personnel. That’s either untrue, or he’s being disobeyed on grave matte
4 Americans are dead and the media doesn’t care. It’s time for the Republican Party to start treating the press as an enemy entity. The Benghazi coverup should dispel any notion that the media is losing any influence. Barack Obama has a shield wall protecting him from failures that would have undermined politicians more talented than him. He is viewed as deity by the media and nothing he does will have any political effect on him. The American people do not hear about his failures and don’t care about the Bengahzi debacle because of this. Conservatives should continue to speak out about this debacle, but we need to realize it’s not doing Obama any damage.
We no longer have a free press in the country.
