You Read It Here First: Hannity Cites NewsBusters on Revolving Door

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In his Wednesday night “Media Mash” segment, FNC's Sean Hannity picked up on a Tuesday night NewsBusters post, “Third CNN Staffer Joins Obama's Team, As Does ABC Vet; Revolving Door Up to Ten,” about the latest journalists to spin through the revolving door to work in the Obama administration. Hannity informed his viewers of how the press corps are “losing three more of their own to the Obama administration. Now, at the outset of the President's term, several of the so-called objective journalists left their jobs to join the administration. Now NewsBusters.org points out that a few more are following suit.” Hannity named some names:

Senior CNN politics producer Sasha Johnson -- by the way, that makes her the third CNN staffer to join the President's team. Chicago Tribune reporter Jill Zuckman and veteran ABC News reporter Beverley Lumpkin. Now that brings the total number of so-called mainstream media journalists who have rushed to join the Obama administration to ten.

The item in full on the May 6 edition of Hannity's America:

In tonight's Media Mash, breaking news from the press corps: They're losing three more of their own to the Obama administration. Now, at the outset of the President's term, several of the so-called objective journalists left their jobs to join the administration. Now NewsBusters.org points out that a few more are following suit. Senior CNN politics producer Sasha Johnson -- by the way, that makes her the third CNN staffer to join the President's team. Chicago Tribune reporter Jill Zuckman and veteran ABC News reporter Beverley Lumpkin. Now that brings the total number of so-called mainstream media journalists who have rushed to join the Obama administration to ten. Now congratulations to the President, though, for recruiting more members for Team Socialism.

—Brent Baker is Vice President for Research and Publications at the Media Research Center


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Yipiee NB ! Once again, unloads with some MSM sleeze facts..

Any NB crew invited to slep and spew over at the WH?  No?

OAF needs no stinking facts, just filibuster 24-7.

Reagan VS 0bama

I saw this tonight....it

I saw this tonight....it made one beam!

Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart

Uh-oh

People are paying attention ...

KC... Lol ...we can't have

KC...

Lol ...we can't have that now can we?

NBs got mentioned this afternoon on Levin's show too.

Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart

Guess we'll all have to act respectable

Or maybe not. Of course, the NB staff has to be respectable, but the rest of us can remain the rabble we've been proud to be!

Let's face it, all internet forums are like saloons without anything to drink. Which can be a good or a bad thing ...

I would hope so sirs.

  I would hope I would read it here first. The MSM no longer reports the news. Their bias is the news. That is why we come here. Thank you.

Sincerely,

a Veteran of a 1000 psychic wars.

Radios appear. Usually

Radios appear.

Usually around noon.

My radio has a name. I call it "hate."  

  MSM - shaping all the perceptions you need to believe, then confirming it with a poll.

Hannity Reads NB

I'm always impressed by the number of users vs visitors to this site, 76/3376 at this moment. A lot of people in the media regularly surf through here looking for what's happening, and new stories.

MRC and NB are not only the New Media

Media Research Center and Newsbusters are proving that they are not only the New Media, but that they are the New MAINSTREAM media. It is the Old Media that is becoming the New FRINGE media.

Consider yourself officially designated so.

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This is one NB poster who can state with certainty that

sharing thoughts with like-minded individuals on NewsBusters is 'a very good thing' (to quote Martha ;-) 

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