Seeing this video of Anita Dunn and discussing it with the good folks over on our Facebook page reminded me of a post from October 2008:
From “Sneak peek into dismantling of 1st Amendment under Obama“:
It started with tight controls on the message. Anything that did not fit into the neat little package that was brand Obama was discredited, denied, distanced, destroyed.
When Obama or Biden said something that is clearly a negative for the brand, we were told that what we thought we heard, even though video evidence existed, wasn’t what we heard at all.
One by one, any association that could harm the brand was denied; when proof was given, it was spun; when spinning didn’t work, the messenger was destroyed, the association was abandoned, and the history was rewritten… what we saw wasn’t really what we saw.
As with any brand, building brand loyalty costs money or advertising. Brand Obama raised nearly a billion dollars to sell the brand directly to the public without challenge. When Obama did appear in “uncontrolled” environments, the vast majority of the appearances were with interviewers that could hardly contain themselves from humping his leg.
But controlling the message is a full time job, and sometimes the brand comes under some real scrutiny.
The lengths to which the campaign was willing to go to control the message started to become very clear when two local news programs were punished for asking questions deemed inappropriate. No more interviews for the remainder of the campaign and probably beyond.
Now, three major newspapers that have endorsed John McCain, the Washington Times, NY Post and Dallas Morning News, have been kicked off the Obama plane.
This is just the tip of the iceberg folks, trust me. The propaganda machine is evolving and is protecting the brand through any means possible, including a blatant attempt to influence a free press through a system of punishment and rewards.
On the plus side, good to see a member of team Obama confirm what we believed at the time. On the down side… disappointing (and scary) to see that what we believed was true.
Add this to the attacks on Fox News and it is hard to believe the First Amendment is not under attack by team Obama.
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