Tuesday, March 11, 2014
"Former ThinkProgress writer: White House censored us"
That being said, it does not and should not work that way.
In a perfect world, factual reporting would be honored, not discouraged.
Of course, we are well shy of that perfect world...
On the Daily Caller website, Brendan Bordelon writes about one person's experience:
"In a post titled, 'How Working in Washington Taught Me We’re All A Little Like RT America,' Jilani explained how the White House frequently played the part of the Kremlin — leaning on management to push their writers in a particular direction, and punishing them if they strayed from the party line.
'I’m writing this post to explain how working in Washington taught me we’re all a little bit like the good folks who work at RT America,' Jilani explained, 'struggling against editorial censors, doing our best to follow our conscience despite sometimes suffocating pressures from our publishers and sponsors.'"
