No, there is no main stream media bias!

OK this was headlined at the Drudge Report (www.drudgereport.com) and I about fell out of my chair!!


ABC TURNS PROGRAMMING OVER TO OBAMA; NEWS TO BE ANCHORED FROM INSIDE WHITE HOUSE

Tue Jun 16 2009 08:45:10 ET

On the night of June 24, the media and government become one, when ABC turns its programming over to President Obama and White House officials to push government run health care -- a move that has ignited an ethical firestorm! Highlights on the agenda: ABCNEWS anchor Charlie Gibson will deliver WORLD NEWS from the Blue Room of the White House. The network plans a primetime special -- 'Prescription for America' -- originating from the East Room, exclude opposing voices on the debate.


MORE Late Monday night, Republican National Committee Chief of Staff Ken McKay fired off a complaint to the head of ABCNEWS:

Dear Mr. Westin: As the national debate on health care reform intensifies, I am deeply concerned and disappointed with ABC's astonishing decision to exclude opposing voices on this critical issue on June 24, 2009.

Next Wednesday, ABC News will air a primetime health care reform “town hall” at the White House with President Barack Obama. In addition, according to an ABC News report, GOOD MORNING AMERICA, WORLD NEWS, NIGHTLINE and ABC’s web news “will all feature special programming on the president’s health care agenda.” This does not include the promotion, over the next 9 days, the president’s health care agenda will receive on ABC News programming.

Today, the Republican National Committee requested an opportunity to add our Party's views to those of the President's to ensure that all sides of the health care reform debate are presented. Our request was rejected. I believe that the President should have the ability to speak directly to the America people. However, I find it outrageous that ABC would prohibit our Party's opposing thoughts and ideas from this national debate, which affects millions of ABC viewers.

In the absence of opposition, I am concerned this event will become a glorified infomercial to promote the Democrat agenda. If that is the case, this primetime infomercial should be paid for out of the DNC coffers. President Obama does not hold a monopoly on health care reform ideas or on free airtime. The President has stated time and time again that he wants a bipartisan debate. Therefore, the Republican Party should be included in this primetime event, or the DNC should pay for your airtime.

Respectfully,

Ken McKay
Republican National Committee
Chief of Staff

Blogger back in-No I am not making this up! Here is the link to the above: http://www.drudgereport.com/flashaot.htm

As citizens of the United States, we should be outraged at this development. I am so stunned over this I cannot even gather a coherent list of why this is wrong, this is bad bad bad, this is outrageous, etc.

More later, when I have assembled some thought. Oh, and when you click on the link, back up to the Drudge Report main page. There you will find another very disturbing headline: Obama seeks to "give the government new powers to seize key companies". Read it, and be very afraid when taken against the backdrop of the actions the President and Congress have taken in the last five months. This proposal, if adopted, could easily be used as a blueprint for other industries. Remember when the bailout money and seizures were just for banks and financial institutions? Now the US Government has a real stake in real estate mortgages and auto manufacturers.