The mainstream media and the Left are in a collective meltdown after President Donald Trump took decisive action, booting propagandists from CNN, MSNBC, and Politico from White House briefings.
We saw these networks throwing public fits on the sidewalk outside the White House, their usual histrionics on full display. A candid passerby even delivered a priceless, live on-air mockery of CNN, suggesting they were booted precisely because they refused to "tell the truth." And there it is.
Yet, the very architect of selective media engagement, Barack Obama, has now emerged from his self-appointed role as democracy's defender to weigh in on the matter. The sheer audacity is breathtaking.
Speaking at Colgate University, in his characteristically arrogant and pedantic style, Obama feigned utter shock at President Trump's move.
"I’m trying to think what would have happened if I had said, you know what, Fox News, you’re out of here! It’s unimaginable!" Obama pontificated, seemingly oblivious to his own past. The laughter from the audience, unfortunately, matched his own.
Not content with merely rewriting history, Obama then condescendingly disparaged the estimated 30 percent of Americans who might support such actions, implying they lack the "understanding democracy requires." According to the former president, it's up to us to "shore that back up" and "roll up our sleeves and get working." The irony, as we shall see, is staggering.
Seriously? This man's nerve truly knows no bounds. His administration wasn't just contemplating excluding Fox News; they actively tried to shut them out. Let's revisit the inconvenient facts of the Obama years.
The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, hardly a conservative bastion, detailed how in 2009, the Obama White House brazenly attempted to exclude Fox News — and Fox News alone — from interviewing their executive-pay czar. Even other networks, including CNN, ABC, CBS, and NBC, had to push back on this blatant censorship.
Obama's own Press Secretary, Robert Gibbs, admitted the administration's bias, stating, "We render an opinion based on some of their coverage and the fairness that, the fairness of that coverage." So, the Obama White House actively decided which outlets were "fair" enough to be considered "news organizations." Funny how that always seems to happen in one direction.
Obama himself was asked by NBC's Savannah Guthrie about his administration's selective stance on Fox News. His dismissive reply? "We’re going to take the media as it comes. And if media is operating basically as a talk radio format, then that’s one thing, and if it’s operating as a news outlet, then that’s another. But it’s not something I’m losing a lot of sleep over."
The audacity is clear: it's perfectly acceptable when a Democrat administration engages in such tactics, but when President Trump takes similar — or often less severe — action, it's framed as an existential threat to democracy. The double standard couldn't be more glaring.
During his 2008 campaign, Obama's team even booted reporters from conservative outlets off his plane, conveniently blaming "space" issues. This is a consistent pattern, not an isolated incident.
Perhaps Obama needs a refresher course on his own administration's assaults on journalistic freedom. This wasn't merely about media access; it extended to the Department of Justice seizing phone records from AP reporters and even the parents of then-Fox News reporter James Rosen. That wasn't just booting; that was outright political weaponization.
Meanwhile, President Trump has proven to be one of the most accessible and transparent presidents in modern history, constantly engaging with the press—perhaps even too much for his own good. Contrast this with the Obama administration, which the Associated Press meticulously documented for its "8 ways the Obama Administration is blocking information," including a deliberate slow-walking of FOIA requests. The AP noted that access to information had never been more challenging than under Obama.
So, to Barack Obama and the entire Democrat establishment: spare us your disingenuous outrage and hypocritical lectures. Your credibility on press freedom has long since evaporated, leaving only a trail of selective memory and self-serving narratives. Americans aren't blind to the double standards; they understand that when it comes to holding power accountable, the Left's rules apply only when it benefits their agenda, never when it exposes their own failings.
