The U.S. Media Has Failed In Covering The NSA Scandal And The Role of The White House

Official White House Photo by Pete Souza – May 23, 2013, National Defense University at Fort McNair in Washington, D.C.

NSA Scandal Shames the U.S. Media -- Joel B. Pollak, Breitbart

The American media are the biggest losers in the latest revelations in the National Security Agency scandal. Not because domestic journalists could have been expected to discover closely-guarded state secrets such as a spy program that targeted foreign heads of state (still less to reveal it, if they did not). Rather, the U.S. media's lack of interest in holding the Obama administration accountable is being exposed by the foreign press.

The fact that White House officials can tell the media that he did not know--yet again--about a major problem in his administration, and the press and the politicians meekly accept that alibi (with some exceptions) reveals a level of political collaboration that is unusual in an open society with a free press. Journalists in many other western countries do not feel the same need to protect leaders--not their own, and certainly not ours.

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My Comment: I agree with this analysis. If the NSA scandal was occurring during the Bush administration .... the main stream media will be going 24/7 in covering this story .... and blaming President Bush. But .... it is "their man" in the White House right now .... and as a result they are now usually a day or two behind the news cycle when a major NSA revelation hits the news. And yes .... I am well aware that there is bias in the media .... but what gets me really annoyed is when I hear and read from main stream journalists that they are impartial and unbiased in their reporting and coverage of political events .... especially since I know that they are always partial and biased in their reporting.