By: Renee Nal | New Zeal
“Israel can’t even imagine the size of our arms stockpile.” – Hezbollah’s leader Hassan Nasrallah
“Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort.” – Article III, Section III, United States Constitution
Would the deliberate thwarting of a federal investigation into a terrorist organization “even as it was funneling cocaine into the United States” count as treason? Would an investigation by a sitting Attorney General and calls from Congress to investigate a former president’s alleged “derailing” of a federal investigation count as “news”?
At the time of this writing, the New York Times, CNN, MSNBC and the Washington Post have all but ignored a ground-breaking Politico story that alleges former President Obama thwarted a massive federal investigation (dubbed Project Cassandra) into a known Iranian-backed terrorist organization, Hezbollah.
The sitting Attorney General orders an investigation into a former President’s alleged thwarting of a federal investigation into a terrorist organization.
Does this seem like news that should be reported by @CNN, @MSNBC, @nytimes and the @WashingtonPost?
— Trevor Loudon (@newzealblog) December 23, 2017
If one analyzes the past several tweets mentioning Obama from the New York Times, CNN, MSNBC and the Washington Post, they typically fall into two different categories:
- Gushing puff pieces
- Opportunities to bash President Trump
Here are some examples:
Opinion: Trump’s lie about Obama and fallen soldiers shows how he makes America dumber https://t.co/uttYYE9LZR
— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) October 17, 2017
Analysis: Donald Trump Jr. showed up in Dallas with a big Obama cookie. A small furor ensued. https://t.co/XSvhwgw0fY
— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) December 20, 2017
Obama rocks a Santa hat and leather jacket to visit children at a D.C. Boys & Girls Club https://t.co/cmIVqXMRer
— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) December 15, 2017
“There’s no better time than the holiday season to reach out and give back to our communities,” former President Barack Obama tweeted about his recent visit to a Boys & Girls Club in Washington, D.C. https://t.co/dwY49xNZat pic.twitter.com/uoYAdXffQd
— CNN (@CNN) December 18, 2017
“Do I need a British accent?” former President Obama jokes before Prince Harry interviews him for a radio show https://t.co/T03NTv80cs pic.twitter.com/Ig5Ss74OQt
— CNN (@CNN) December 18, 2017
“A president who would all but call Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand a whore is not fit to clean the toilets in the Barack Obama Presidential Library or to shine the shoes of George W. Bush.”
USA Today bashes Trump in op-ed | Analysis by CNN’s Chris Cillizza https://t.co/1j0JlQhYXF pic.twitter.com/Sb7ExQC6Ow
— CNN (@CNN) December 13, 2017
Lawrence O’Donnell: Obama warned Pres. Trump not to hire Michael Flynn during the transition.
Tune in to MSNBC to for the latest. pic.twitter.com/gnzVIuFkto
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) December 1, 2017
The GOP is “desperate” to undermine Mueller, former Obama Press Sec. Josh Earnest says https://t.co/RSxljinUpR pic.twitter.com/voqAM9WHhy
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) December 14, 2017
Opinion: “In his first 10 months in office, Donald J. Trump has told 103 separate untruths, many of them repeatedly. Barack Obama told 18 over his entire 8-year tenure.” https://t.co/NueH7zT8Oy
— The New York Times (@nytimes) December 14, 2017
Republicans, who criticized federal debt under Obama, are pushing a tax plan that would send debt to new heights https://t.co/tfnyOprsHD
— The New York Times (@nytimes) December 3, 2017
Dean Baquet: “Did Obama live up to all of your expectations?”
Jay-Z: “He’s there for eight years. And he has to undo what 43 presidents have done. In eight years. That’s not fair.” pic.twitter.com/kcpoJEIwnt— The New York Times (@nytimes) November 29, 2017
In recent months, Trump has used closed-door conversations to question the authenticity of Obama’s birth certificate, advisers say https://t.co/WG81i9WDDj
— The New York Times (@nytimes) November 29, 2017
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