Huffpoop:
CBS Says Network President Didn’t Influence Coverage Of Brother’s Benghazi Email
CBS News President David Rhodes was not involved in editorial discussions on Wednesday about whether “CBS Evening News” should cover a newly released email written by his brother Ben Rhodes, the White House deputy national security adviser, according to a network spokesperson.
The email, written by Rhodes shortly after the deadly 2012 attack in Benghazi, Libya, showed how the White House played a role in shaping the talking points Susan Rice, then the ambassador to the United Nations, was to use in interviews.
Fox News and other conservative outlets have long claimed that the Benghazi attack hasn’t received enough media attention, even as the subject’s been hashed out numerous times in White House briefing room and journalists have covered the story consistently. The latest email disclosure has only added to the long-running critique that the media is covering up for a Democratic White House.
While “CBS This Morning” reported on the email Wednesday morning, the evening newscast did not — a decision that caught the attention of the Washington Free Beacon. The website pointed out the Rhodes connection on Wednesday, and the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank, followed up Thursday with a piece titled: “Two Brothers at Center of Benghazi Controversy: One Runs CBS News, the Other Is Obama’s Adviser.”
“White House Correspondent Bill Plante reported the story on ‘CBS This Morning,’ with a disclaimer about the relationship, as well as CBS News Radio and CBSNews.com,” a CBS News spokeswoman told HuffPost. “There also was a thorough editorial discussion about it at ‘CBS Evening News’ and David Rhodes was not involved.”
The Rhodes brothers angle only adds to suggestions this week that CBS News hasn’t been aggressive enough when it comes to Benghazi.
My concern is a little bit bigger than Benghazi. I don’t know about y’all, but if my lawyer and the opposing lawyer were related, I’d want to know about it. And I damn sure would want to know if the other lawyer was related to the judge. If I was the judge and there was relationship between opposing counsels I would make sure both parties (or the defendant in a criminal case) were on record as explicitly waiving any claims of conflict. If I was judge and I was related to one of the attorneys I would have to recuse myself or face discipline.
In Washington DC there is apparently no such thing as conflict of incest. People shamelessly float back and forth from jobs in the media to jobs in political campaigns to jobs in the government. Why should a little thing like a familial relationship get in the way?
I really don’t know anything about the Rhodes brothers. Maybe they hate each other and haven’t spoken in years. Or maybe they talk every day. I’m pretty sure that the White House wouldn’t have given Ben Rhodes the job if they were concerned about what he might tell David.
But that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t be concerned. The problem is it isn’t just this one relationship. Washington DC is more incestuous than Arkansas, Kentucky and Mississippi combined. It’s one big family affair.
Michael Morell, who retired as deputy director of the CIA last summer, has joined CBS News as an intelligence, national security and counterterrorism contributor, the network announced this week.
Morell has held various senior leadership positions during his career at the CIA, including being a key player in the search for Osama bin Laden. He also took the blame for editing the White House’s talking points on the 2012 attack on the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, removing the references to al-Qaeda.
But wait! There’s more!
When Morell left the CIA last summer, he went to work as a consultant at Beacon Global Strategies LLC, a firm with close ties to Hillary Clinton.
Some speculate Morell may have higher political ambitions considering his employment at Beacon Global Strategies, a government relations firm founded by close Hillary Clinton confidante Philippe I. Reines.
Reines was Hillary’s image man, senior advisor and spokesman and very much involved in covering up what happened in Benghazi. Reines became infamous when he cursed out a BuzzFeed correspondent who was asking questions about Ambassador Stevens’ diary.
Beacon is all Hillaried up. Its other co-founder and managing director, Andrew Shapiro, was Hillary’s Senior Advisor.
In Washington DC as long as you keep your mouth shut and follow orders you will be taken care of. It’s the rest of us who get fucked.
And for the record, I DON’T GIVE A FUCK WHAT GEORGE BUSH AND THE REPUBLICANS DID!!!
This bullshit needs to STOP.
George W. Bush? Dude, that was like 7 years ago.
🙂
ROFL good one
LOL, now why did this make me think of myiq 😉
This pile of crap from kos was almost the topic of today’s post:
OMG and the comments are worse . I haven’t read such self aggrandizing vile garbage , well ,since the last time I read to a speech by Obama , and that has been awhile .
* I hate typos
ma to
I won’t send kos the traffic, but I can safely say, and I’ve played in both sandboxes, that after Yearly Kos 2007, I’d say Kos’s crazies are worse than any I’ve met on the right (tea party rallies). I still have nightmares over their behavior.
Two words: Al Sharpton.
I remember when Tony Snow (R.I.P) was hired from Fox to be Bush’s Press Secretary and the left just howled with their displeasure (putting it mildly). Fox is in the hen house, Fox is in the hen house!!!!1!
At the time I was a Bushater, but I did admire Tony and the professionalism he brought to the job, unlike the arrogant Carney we have now. Here’s how Tony answers a tough question…..
“Dude! That was like two years ago” Vietor started out carrying Obama’s luggage. Like carrying his suitcases. As a volunteer. Now he just carries his water. Dude! Suck it up and get some pride.
Vietor also said in that Fox interview that HE, an assistant to an assistant mouthpiece to the NSC, was in the Situation Room while Benghazi was going down. But Obama wasn’t. When asked where was Obama during this crisis he flippantly said “IN THE WHITE HOUSE”. Where was he? Eating hot dogs? Sleeping? Choom-time? Watching cartoons? What was he doing?
Well, you can’t expect him to know where bronco was. He doesn’t have a tracking bracelet on him. That m****** f****** is an arrogant little prick.
I was really bothered by the fact that this little prick was even in the situation room. We only know a couple of names of people that were in the situation room, but based on that it sure seems like the only “situation” being handled in that room was re-election and ass covering. It seems to have been regarded as a wordsmithing crisis, not a national security or military crisis……..at least on the surface that’s the impression.
I assume Panetta, perhaps Dempsey and others were there that night. I assume that, but now I’m actually not quite so sure and now I want to know exactly who was there. We only know a few names that were there and the fact that Obama wasn’t there.
Even in dictatorships there is a certain amount of politicking that goes on. No president can completely ignore politics, but we like to pretend that they do when it’s really important.
I am not naive, but I am something of an idealist. While politics is always going to be a factor, it should not be the controlling factor in situations like Benghazi.
The Obama team correctly assessed that his reelection was on the line. Telling the American people the truth would have been a major embarrassment and lots of ammo for the GOP.
What they SHOULD have done was tried to rescue our people then tell the truth but try to spin it. Hell, a successful rescue of Americans could have made Obama look good, even though some of our people were killed. People understand that just like shit, sometimes terrorism happens. It’s the lack of planning and preparation as well as the lack of an appropriate response/reaction that makes them mad.
They did not see it as a policy problem but rather as PR and election issue so only the PR and political staff were there. This mess was just collateral damage of their overall Middle East policy. When you purposely set an entire region on fire you expect some “glitches” so I don’t think they thought it was a biggie much as they have done with Obamacare. Ambassadors are expendable. So are contract security and foreign service workers when you set up arms deals with terrorists through corrupt Turkish middlemen. We must remember that these are malignant narcissists attracted to and surrounding the biggest narcissist of all. They are attracted to and reinforce each others behavior. They don’t care who they hurt and only feign concern when they have to do so and get pissy if pushed. It was not a policy problem to them. It was a PR/election problem so no policy people were needed because their was nothing to fix except public opinion and get the Republicans off their ass.
Ron Fournier:
As with everything else, change starts with the desire to change.
The WH needs them more than they need the WH. The fear is no Obama interviews which by the way the public doesn’t want to watch. The WH hates Fox which is the number one network. Get a clue.
You should see the pushback on the Cspan Facebook page. “You’re stupid” “Bush’s fault” “Republicans want us to forget 9-11-01 was Bush’s fault” “more Bush’s/Republicans’ fault” ….. just a pile on from the kool aid soused vile progs.
I think the question was ” Is Benghazi Important to you, Why or Why Not?” It’s a good fight and guess who’s losing it, the Obots.
Yay!! for the good guys. 😀
Very little info available on Vieter. Seems he went from o’s driver as a Senator up pretty high. Gave my mother Ancestry dot com for Mother’s Day and it appears so far that contrary to everything I was told growing up I am not Native American. i have been warrenized.
That’s Ok. You can still get elected senator.
Welcome to the fauxnation.
Report says Valerie Jarrett gave the order to stand down in Benghazi
the really sad part of that story is that it is believable. backtrack was not in the situation room, was valjar?
Does that make her #45 sort of?
I don’t believe anyone other than the President can give that order ? Even if ValJar said the President told me to tell you……. It’s what the g.d. Situation Room is for and he wasn’t even there.
I think we are going to find out that “nothing” was done. No orders means no action. They have to be authorized for action. The “Situation Room” did nothing. It was like asking a question and getting no reply. There was nothing done because Bronco had “retired” to other activities for the evening. It is like having a wedding but the groom disappears into the bathroom until everyone goes home. Why can’t Bronco be bothered after he disappears unless he is “not fit for duty”. Does he turn into a vampire when the sun goes down? Does he take massive amounts of sleeping pills so he can rest? I have a theory but it is not very nice. And I think the two AM phone call ad that so infuriated the Obama campaign was based upon inside knowledge of his peccadillo. He clocks out and thinks he deserves to do so.
GMTA x ten million
Then why were those high ranking commanders relieved within days of the attack. That’s where I keep getting stuck. They can’t respond or stand down without a direct order from the President. CNN was reporting this in Oct 2012 as disobeying the Presidents Stand Down order:
http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-868910
I think the new congressional committee should request a copy of the “stand down” order and then follow the trail. The retired commander speaking so bluntly yesterday may have broken the damn of silence.
Lulu ~ I’ve been researching the stand down on pro-military sites, all seem to agree that GO/NO GO is the President’s call, not Hillary’s, not ValJar’s, or whoever the righty blogs are guessing. Yes, the President can delegate the GO/NO GO decision to someone else, but it would be under very, very, very unusual circumstances.
Funny that Obama is nowhere to be seen or heard from that night. Even the lefty blogs are contradicting his alibi.
Before the latest round of incriminating emails came out, Keith Koffler was musing about why has the White House hired a top criminal lawyer as Chief Counsel ? I forgot about that since I hadn’t seen in mentioned anywhere else. Keith wondered if something was up….
http://www.whitehousedossier.com/2014/04/22/obama-hire-top-criminal-attorney-wh-counsel/
The emails were released about that same time, before they were released to the public.
they say music is a great learning tool. maybe this will explain the outrage of Benghazi to the obots
http://www.tpnn.com/2014/05/01/this-song-about-benghazi-should-go-viral/
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/62819
holder after CIA whistleblower for asking questions about Benghazi
http://www.cnsnews.com/commentary/david-limbaugh/enough-white-house-lies-benghazi
enough white house lies over Benghazi
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/377052/disappearing-free-speech-panic-jonah-goldberg
interesting article.
where is the disappearing free speech panic since backtrack took office?
MSNBC: “We never have a conversation about racism!”:
MSNBC, the Racism Channel since 2006.
FOX News
special committee to be started with Trey Gowdy as chairman
http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/leadership-aide-boehner-seriously-considering-select-committee-benghazi_789000.html
I believe hell has officially frozen over and pigs have sprouted wings and are clogging the airways.
I can’t believe Agent Orange has decided to launch a special committee. I still think a special prosecutor would have been a better avenue, but Gowdy at least is a former prosecutor. I’m waiting to see exactly what powers the committee will have. If they don’t have at least subpoena power and if the witnesses are not required to be under oath, then this is nothing more than bread and circuses.
maybe boehner finally got a backbone or is it backlash after he mocked republicans?
He’s in a tough re-election year 😉
Jake Tapper on Jay Carney’s Benghazi comments: ‘dissembling, obfuscating and insulting’:
http://nation.foxnews.com/2014/05/02/house-committee-subpoenas-kerry-over-benghazi-documents
hope kerry is made to answer questions
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/reliable-source/wp/2014/05/01/patrick-gavins-whcd-documentary-to-include-fans-and-haters/
this should be interesting
How about a little James Franco Meltdown break ? Woo-woo, may be NSFW but you really don’t “see” anything 😀
http://gothamist.com/2014/05/02/james_franco_noooo.php
Ackkkkkkk! You, need to post a warning with comments like that. ……….eyes……….burn……… gag………….
So that doesn’t mean Never Seen in Fort Worth?
/snort Not Safe For Work 😉
I’ll post the sick and disgusting stuff around here, okay?
Sick and disgusting ? I thought it was beautiful and inspiring 😉
Uh – Oh.
Benghazi Email: Hillary Clinton Deputy Names Islamic Extremists, Not YouTube, Morning After Attack
http://www.breitbart.com/InstaBlog/2014/05/01/Benghazi-Email-Hillary-Clinton-Deputy-Names-Islamic-Extremists-Not-YouTube
I stole it.
also check a comment by “gramps” a very good but sad Benghazi take off on the song American Pie
off topic
http://www.kvoa.com/news/n4t-investigators-rogue-mexican-army-troops-crossing-the-line/
while backtrack is issuing threats to Putin over Crimea, Mexican army crosses border and attacks American citizens and nothing but the sound of silence from backtrack. Is that racist?
http://foxnewsinsider.com/2014/05/02/marine-andrew-tahmooressi-jailed-chained-cot-after-allegedly-getting-lost-mexico
now if you cross in to mexico this is what happens
All the US needs to do is take a “lost” Mexican Army squad into custody for overnight and the Tijuana jail would spring open like magic….that is if the squad members wanted to go home.
More good news…..
Little old squinty eyes has just two moods. Bad and OMG.
http://moonbattery.com/?p=45184
this is a must read. military best and brightest walking away due to backtrack policies
That’s been open news among the military in this area for over five years, Helen, We have two advanced military training facilities nearby and at least twenty of their permanent cadre live in our subdivision. Unhappy. Options, including escape, being exercised.
Pat Smith being interviewed on Fox now. talking about how the backtrack bunch lied to her face in front of her son’s coffin over the video excuse
I saw that and it was heartbreaking. Made me remember how the left propped up Cindy Sheehan as the face of the anti-war movement. Using her grief over losing a son to Bush’s Stupid War to pull at our heartstrings. She got tons of media coverage too, sometimes leading on all the networks. It worked for awhile, then she got recruited by the more militant wing of the anti-war “crazies”. She eventually jumped the shark with a fake arrest at an anti-war rally …. laughing.
Pat Smith’s grief is so much more than that. Hope Trey brings her in front of the special committee.
WTFF?
Every fucking time I go to Twitter they are suggesting people for me to follow. Mostly the only people I add are people that follow me, aka “follow backs”.
WTF indeed. Whenever I’m particularly brilliant on a #hashtag game, I get flamed from some vile prog. I mean, not even a smart prog. I should just start reporting those aholes, annoying, but I know I probably won “the game”.
I think it was the #conservativenamesforracehorses and couldn’t resist noticing that the overwhelming majority used “Teabagger”. I just commented, you guys really like typing that word….all hell broke lose, not sure how my account survived, I’m sure the spam button was hit a lot !
We need to generate a #SuspendTwitter hashtag and suspend them for four days just for being so stupid and enabling for vile progs with overly tenderized feelings.
So it’s against the rules to follow “too many” people. And by “too many”, it’s the number you follow if they don’t like you.
So Boner went and grew a spine!
And you’re back ? Yay. I favorited your comment, that might give you some immunity.
So it begins……..
https://twitter.com/CureOurCountry/status/462289908845924357
Says the felon who communicated behind the scenes with the IRS about what conservatives to target.
http://weaselzippers.us/184766-democrats-bully-black-pastor-out-of-congressional-race-in-favor-of-white-democrat-from-out-of-district/
about the democrats and race
stolen from a commenter at No Quarter
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2014/05/02/Double-Whammy-GOP-Demands-IRS-Special-Counsel
I see that train acoming, coming down the tracks
pat smith on FOX
http://video.foxnews.com/v/3531421579001/mother-of-benghazi-victim-i-dont-know-what-to-believe/#sp=show-clips
http://www.tpnn.com/2014/05/02/you-wont-believe-democrat-harry-reids-reaction-to-the-announcement-of-the-benghazi-select-committee/
harry reid spew on select committee
Trey Gowdy on Greta now
http://suckersonparade.blogspot.com/2014/05/did-they-lie-theyre-democrats-arent-they.html#.U2QoO_ldWuI
they were talking weren’t they?
http://legalinsurrection.com/2014/05/the-dude-heard-round-the-world/
this is not going to go away for a long time
Just because:
Brilliant.
good one
Must be related:
http://www.wired.com/2014/05/absurd-creature-of-the-week-this-marsupial-has-marathon-sex-until-it-goes-blind-and-drops-dead/?mbid=social_twitter
That is a classic. My favorite comment “Plenty of meth-heads fuck for days and drop dead. Just nobody misses them enough to write a zoology paper about it.” Oh dear.
50+ years ago when I was in college, Amphetamines were regular prescription drugs, including Desoxyn (Metamphetamine) and were great study aids. You could stay awake for days, however, desire lasted much longer than performance, if you happened to be studying with your girl friend.
I remember when doctors tried to cure obesity with amphetamines. Talk about just move.
I tried that a few times. Never quite made it.
need to rant
three days of wind, stuck in house due to COPD an wind do not get along. Wind damages roof. Now stuck in house waiting for insurance adjuster and roof co estimate. I put the house up for sale two weeks ago. did not have to fix a thing as it is in good shape. now I need to fix roof before it sells.. Screaming loudly