Rather Than Protecting Free Speech, Media Protects Obama
Breaking News, Free Speech Tuesday, October 4th, 2011
By Meredith Jessup, The Blaze
Why is Hank Williams Jr. being punished for having an opinion?
As we’ve reported, Williams came under fire Monday after criticizing President Obama and House Speaker Boehner’s recent golf match. The two ideologically opposed politicians meeting on the golf course was a mistake, Williams noted. “That would be like Hitler playing golf with Netanyahu,” he said.
Note the actual comparison going on here: In no way is Williams saying “Obama is Hitler,” nor saying that the president is even like Hitler. In fact, since Williams does not clarify his remarks further, one could claim that Boehner was just as representative of Hitler in the hypothetical scenario.
Instead, the media was quick to (wrongfully) attack Williams for comparing the ideological rift between Boehner and Obama to Hitler and Netanyahu.
This 4th grade logic was apparently too advanced for most in the media, including Fox News’ Brian Kilmeade and Gretchen Carlson who were among the first to rebuff Williams. ESPN later pulled Williams’ Monday Night Football introduction and also quickly distanced themselves:
“While Hank Williams, Jr. is not an ESPN employee, we recognize that he is closely linked to our company through the open to Monday Night Football. We are extremely disappointed with his comments, and as a result we have decided to pull the open from tonight’s telecast.”
To read more, visit: http://www.theblaze.com/blog/2011/10/04/rather-than-protecting-free-speech-media-protects-obama/
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all they are doing is p__sing off the American people even more by going after Hank Williams Jr. I forsee even the southern dems turning on the party after this. Of course people say it is already happening.
“Thou doth protest too much” I wonder why they would assume that the Hitler reference was related to OHB?
Yeah, really! What’s up with that? O is really more like Mussolini than Hitler!
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The Federal Communication Commission should prevent what the dishonest Media is doing to candidate Ron Paul, that is, blacking him out, being disrespectable to him at debates….anything negative . The big money bags who own the media know Paul has hit on a roll…with the dangerous truth that Americans do not want Ameicans killing Arabs for Israel. “Because you have silenced man, does not mean you have defeated him.”
funny the Democrats are seeing thru a bill for a coverup for obamas records when he leaves office. So you see we all know who / where/ they ought to all be impeached. The worlds biggest scam. . . Say what you will because they do not mind doing whatever they want to . Even telling us they have a kill squad who decides who gets dead. Isn’t that nice. I guess like the ones that plant bombs / who knows. Food for thought isn’t it?
all a disgrace.