JSM, Excuse me, but what does the thread title have to do with the information in the article?
On Oct 19, 11:17 am, JSM <[email protected]> wrote: > Communications chief offers shocking confession to foreign government > > TEL AVIV – President Obama's presidential campaign focused on "making" the > news media cover certain issues while rarely communicating anything to the > press unless it was "controlled," White House Communications Director Anita > Dunn disclosed to the Dominican government at a videotaped conference. > > "Very rarely did we communicate through the press anything that we didn't > absolutely control," said Dunn. > > "One of the reasons we did so many of the David Plouffe videos was not just > for our supporters, but also because it was a way for us to get our message > out without having to actually talk to reporters," said Dunn, referring to > Plouffe, who was Obama's chief campaign manager. > > "We just put that out there and made them write what Plouffe had said as > opposed to Plouffe doing an interview with a reporter. So it was very much > we controlled it as opposed to the press controlled it," Dunn said. > > Continued Dunn: "Whether it was a David Plouffe video or an Obama speech, a > huge part of our press strategy was focused on making the media cover what > Obama was actually saying as opposed to why the campaign was saying it, what > the tactic was. … Making the press cover what we were saying." > > Dunn was speaking at a Jan. 12, 2009, event focusing on Obama's media > tactics and hosted by the Global Foundation for Democracy and > Development<http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=113347#>, > which seeks to promote collaboration between the U.S. and the Dominican > Republic. The event was held in Santo Domingo and was attended by the > country's president. > > Dunn has been facing some criticism since she led a White House campaign > last week against Fox News <http://www.wnd.com/index.php?pageId=112790>, > slamming the top-rated network as an "arm of the Republican Party" and > "opinion journalism masquerading as news." > > Fox hit back this past Friday, releasing a video of Dunn speaking to high > school students > <http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=113347#>last June in > which she lists her two "favorite political philosophers," > including Communist Chinese leader Mao Tse-tung, whose draconian policies > are blamed for the deaths of tens of millions of people. > > Video on U-tube. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
