If George Bush had hired, say, a member of the John Birch Society to advise him, it would have been a major news story – Obama hires a hate-filled, self-described kook of a commie…and what do we get?
From a Nexis search a few moments ago: (Ed. Note: time stamped from September 4th)
Total words about the Van Jones controversy in the New York Times: 0.
Total words about the Van Jones controversy in the Washington Post: 0.
Total words about the Van Jones controversy on NBC Nightly News: 0.
Total words about the Van Jones controversy on ABC World News: 0.
Total words about the Van Jones controversy on CBS Evening News: 0.
If you were to receive all your news from any one of these outlets, or even all of them together, and you heard about some sort of controversy involving President Obama’s Special Adviser for Green Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, your response would be, “Huh?” If you heard that that adviser, Van Jones, had apologized for a number of remarks and positions in the recent past, your response would be, “What?” And if you were in the Obama White House monitoring the Jones situation, you would be hoping that the news organizations listed above continue to hold the line — otherwise, Jones, who is quite well thought of in Obama circles, would be history.
There’s been a little bit out there – some of the kooks on the left are making hay over the fact that Meg Whitman – of E-Bay and now running for the GOP gubernatorial nomination in California – said nice things about Van Jones (this may toastify Whitman’s GOP chances – she’s already got two strikes against her – RINOish proclivities and a friend of John McCain – as far as the GOP base goes, and this is not going to be helpful, even though she’s now denounced Jones’ views). This Washington Post story has the most detail seen in the MSM, but even it is clearly a cover-up job.
But other than a few peeps, its mostly been a conspiracy of silence on what would be with a responsible MSM a massive news story. That such a hater and fool could commend himself to the Democratic leadership just shows how far they’ve fallen – and real journalists would have this guy for lunch, plus everyone who advanced his career, into the bargain. But, we get next to nothing. Naturally – because the MSM is a mere adjunct of the DNC these days.
UPDATE: Kooks of a feather – Van Jones was one of Ariana Huffington’s political directors in her quixotic run for governor of California. I’m telling ya, people, Van Jones is no one-off screwball – he’s mainstream on the left. The sort of idiocy he parrots is believed, deeply, on the left.
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