Calling 'Em Out: The White House Takes on the Press

Nine of those so-called czars, it turned out, were subject to Senate confirmation, making them decidedly unlike the Russian monarchs. "The idea — that the Washington Post didn't even question it," Dunn says, still marveling at the decision. Full Story »

Posted by Patricia Blochowiak - via Jay Rosen, Dan Gillmor, Patrick Ruffini, Memeorandum

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Jo Bobenhouse Smith
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by Jo Bobenhouse Smith - Oct. 8, 2009

Obama's poll numbers are rising --Could it be due, in part, to Dunn's creation of the Call 'em Out response team? This story implies just that.

It is a well sourced story with interesting links.

White House officials offer no apologies. “The best analogy is probably baseball,” says Gibbs. “The only way to get somebody to stop crowding the plate is to throw a fastball at them. They move.”

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