Thursday, May 30, 2013

Holder wants to go off the record

 So,,,,,according t the attorney general, if you want to talk to him about his scandals?  You need to do so off the record. The last thing he wants is for the American people to get the straight facts on what this man and what this administration have been involved in

I am just a single voice and a single voter but I can see clearly what needs to be done here.  The man needs to be hauled before congress and forced to testify, or he needs to be stripped of his office and imprisoned for contempyt of congress and contempt of the American people who he swore to protect.

Everyday this man holds the office of attorney general is an abomination of justice.

Finally the media in this country is acting like the keepers of freedom they were supposed to be.  I hope they all refuse to fall for this ploy of politics and game playing by the Obama administration.
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Holder runs into roadblocks on off-the-record meetings on leaks

Attorney General Eric Holder's plans to sit down with media representatives to discuss guidelines for handling investigations into leaks to the news media have run into trouble.
The Associated Press issued a statement Wednesday objecting to plans for the meetings to be off the record. "If it is not on the record, AP will not attend and instead will offer our views on how the regulations should be updated in an open letter," said Erin Madigan White, the AP's media relations manager.

The New York Times is taking the same position. "It isn't appropriate for us to attend an off-the-record meeting with the attorney general," executive editor Jill Abramson said in a statement.
Like the New York Times and the Associated Press, CNN will decline the invitation for an off-the-record meeting. A CNN spokesperson says if the meeting with the attorney general is on the record, CNN would plan to participate.
The Huffington Post's Washington bureau chief, Ryan Grim, also said he will not attend unless the meeting is on the record. "A conversation specifically about the freedom of the press should be an open one. We have a responsibility not to betray that," Grim told CNN.
But Politico posted an item on its website saying editor-in-chief John Harris plans to attend one of the meetings with Holder.
"As editor-in-chief, I routinely have off-the-record conversations with people who have questions or grievances about our coverage or our newsgathering practices," Harris said in the Politico item. "I feel anyone - whether an official or ordinary reader - should be able to have an unguarded conversation with someone in a position of accountability for a news organization when there is good reason." 

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1 comment:

XtnYoda said...

"I feel anyone - whether an official or ordinary reader - should be able to have an unguarded conversation with someone in a position of accountability for a news organization when there is good reason."

So, with this statement, the fellow is acknowledging that Eric has a justified grievance with his news organization.

Puke.