Brokaw Touts Corrupt Obama Friend/Mayor Kevin Johnson, Skips Misuse of

December 25th, 2009 1:34 AM
Thursday's Today show on NBC showed an excerpt from Tom Brokaw’s upcoming documentary, "American Character Along Highway 50," during which the former NBC Nightly News anchor plugged Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson – a friend of President Obama -- and delivered a puff piece on Johnson’s life and political goals, giving Johnson several soundbites to promote himself without being challenged, with…

Obama-fired Inspector General Files Lawsuit, WaPo Shuffles Coverage to

July 21st, 2009 6:00 PM
Just six months into his presidency, President Barack Obama's administration is the target of a federal lawsuit, and that by a civil servant who alleges he was dismissed from his post in violation of the requirements of a law that Barack Obama himself once sponsored in the Senate.Yet despite all this, the July 21 Washington Post print edition failed to carry the story, directing readers with this…

Media Ignore Further Questions Over Obama-Fired Inspector Gen Walpin

June 29th, 2009 2:13 PM
Apart from several reports on FNC, and a few on CNN, the mainstream television news media have ignored the controversial firing of former Inspector General Gerald Walpin, who had recently battled for tougher penalties against Obama friend and Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson after an investigation by Walpin found Johnson had misused hundreds of thousands of tax dollars granted by the AmeriCorps…

CNN's Dobbs Interviews Fmr Inspector Gen Who Charges Obama Sending 'Ch

June 19th, 2009 6:05 AM
On Thursday’s Lou Dobbs Tonight on CNN, host Dobbs interviewed former inspector general Gerald Walpin to talk about his suspicious firing by President Obama after he headed an investigation that uncovered the misuse of over $800,000 in tax dollars by Obama friend Kevin Johnson, while the White House had initially given only vague reasons for his dismissal. After explaining that Walpin is "…

FNC: Fmr Inspector General Charges 'Mudslinging' by Obama Admin

June 18th, 2009 3:39 PM
On Wednesday, several FNC shows recounted the latest developments in the case of President Obama's suspicious, and possibly illegal, firing of former inspector general Gerald Walpin, after an investigation headed by Walpin found Obama friend and Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson guilty of misusing over $800,000 in funding intended for the AmeriCorps program. Glenn Beck and Sean Hannity pointed to…