Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones. The hypocrisy of President Obama condemning President Trump from excluding certain members of the press is almost laughable. On Friday, our 44th president sat before students at Colgate University in a wide-ranging discussion about AI, democracy, and Trump’s recent eviction of CNN, MS NOW, and Politico, [snip] In October 2009, David Axelrod, senior adviser to the Obama administration, argued on ABC News that Fox News was not a “real news organization.” The Obama White House later excluded Fox News from a pool interview with Treasury official Kenneth Feinberg and… pic.twitter.com/JJDbsqcMFe — I Meme Therefore I Am 🇺🇸 (@ImMeme0) September 20, 2026 In an Oct. 18, 2009, episode of the ABC News Sunday show “This Week,” Obama senior adviser David Axelrod argued that Fox News wasn’t a real news organization and that it shouldn’t be treated that way, as Politico reported at the time. Following that interview, the Obama White House attempted to keep Fox out of a round-robin interview with a top Treasury official in the Obama administration. [snip] “Let me know which cables you add … and, we’d prefer if you’d skip Fox please,” he wrote. It’s couched politely enough, but it’s a direct White House directive to leave Fox out of an important news event. As Fox News reported on Oct. 23, 2009, the attempt failed, thanks to other networks rallying around Fox. In the hours and days that followed, the Obama communications team spent a good deal of time and effort attempting to deny it had tried to exclude Fox in that specific incident, but as one email that Judicial Watch turned up showed, in the process it basically proved that the White House not only was willing to take that kind of action against Fox, but that it had done so. In the email, Josh Earnest, then-deputy White House press secretary, essentially bragged about the White House’s power to hurt a network it didn’t like. [snip] Journalist and political commentator Amy Holmes argued in a 2013 CNN roundtable that these news releases from the White House were starting to “smack of propaganda.” She concluded that “finally, it seems possible that the media love affair with this administration might be over and they’re no longer willing to be lapdogs taking predigested tidbits.” MUST WATCH. With all the gaslighting going on about Obama and his supposed transparency with the press, this is the a great reminder of the truth. 2013. CNN’s Brian Stelter does a segment on the growing frustration of the press over not being given access to Obama. Stelter’s… pic.twitter.com/8tUFpwDuKO — MAZE (@mazemoore) September 20, 2026 It is possible that media outlets were becoming disillusioned with the controlling behavior of the White House, but even after 38 major news organizations sent a joint letter of protest, the Obama administration ignored their concerns and continued with the status quo. [snip] Whether or not you agree with Trump’s decision to remove CNN, MS NOW, and Politico from the White House press pool, it’s easy to understand why he calls them “fake news.” The hypocrisy is clear. Speaking of hypocrisy, it is well to remember that Obama has been using this blame tactic for years now. He’ll constantly accuse Trump of a crime of which he is equally guilty (use of executive orders, strict immigration enforcement, challenging constitutional norms). The Obama administration might be history, but its ridiculous double standards will never pass away. (*) Full article: https://www.westernjournal.com/watch-obama-walks-trap-trashes-trump-wh-booting-cnn-video-wh-booting-fox-hits/?utm_campaign=superfeed&utm_medium=superfeed&utm_source=superfeed Post navigation Trump to UNGA: There Is ‘No Human Right to Illegal Immigration’ Harvey Weinstein sentenced to 15 years in sexual assault retrial
