How can anyone tell the difference? News media's revolving door to Obama White House blurs lines of objectivity

Most of the media has been sleazy and totally in the bag for Obama. It has been a short road to perdition for the US. From films, TV,  journalism schools to the mass media, objectivity is non-existent. m/r

News media's revolving door to Obama White House blurs lines of objectivity - Washington Times

By Jennifer Harper

- 9-24-13

Politico, illustration by Matt Wuerker
Press Secretary Jay Carney wears his Time magazine credentials
while schooling political reporters (from left to right)
The Washington Post’s Dana Milbank, ABC’s Ann Compton,
and Politico’s own Carrie Budoff Brown and Glenn Thrush,
to illustrate how Carney’s journalism past affects his job behind the podium. 

News media and politics in the age of Obama have grown uncomfortably close. So many journalists have found employment in the Obama administration that the phenomenon has become a story itself, with a dozen news organizations tracking the cross-pollination between the two and speculating on the implications. The current count of press turncoats varies from a low of 15 reported by The Daily Beast to a high of 24 as reported by The Atlantic.

"I'm often surprised when I hear about colleagues leaving journalism for government or government relations. I can't imagine doing anything else, although I understand how the news business can turn sour for some people," said veteran newsman Mark Knoller, WhiteHouse  correspondent for CBS News.

"My experience in dealing with former journalists now serving as government spokespersons or officials is mixed. Some of them understand the information I'm seeking and why — and are most helpful," he said. "But some others strike me as having turned to the dark side and seem more interested in denying information than providing it."

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