http://www.mrc.org/biasalerts/being-obam...idnt-take-sides

Art Carney is a clown.....

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Appearing on CBS's Late Show with David Letterman on Wednesday, former White House Press Secretary Jay Carney asserted that he had been a completely objective reporter for Time magazine before becoming a spin doctor for the Obama administration: "Right after the election in 2008, I was the Washington bureau chief for Time. And I was an old-fashioned journalist, not an advocate, didn't take sides in my job. But I was extremely excited personally about the Obama-Biden victory." [Listen to the audio or watch the video after the jump]

In 1993, the "old-fashioned" Carney described then-First Lady Hillary Clinton as a "polite but passionate American citizen – strangely mesmerizing because of how she matched the poise and politics of her delivery with the power of her position." In contrast, during the 2000 presidential campaign, he slammed George W. Bush as a "pit bull let loose in a slaughterhouse."

Later in Wednesday's exchange, Letterman asked: "Were there people that just were irritating?...because of the intense focus now and 24-hour, 7-day-a-week coverage and social media, these guys can put on their own little show, if they want, in the press, right?"

Carney declared:

It's very interesting to see the difference between the briefing in the White House – fully televised, carried live, online, tweeted about as it happens – and the off-camera but on-the-record briefings we would do for example, or I would do, on Air Force One with the traveling press corps on the plane. The difference is like night and day, in terms of the tenor. The seriousness of the questions is the same, in some cases more serious off-camera. But the kind of posing and histrionics and, you know, faux indignation that you get sometimes. Which is not to – look, I have a lot of respect for my former colleagues in the press, they're doing a good job, but I think when you're on TV you tend to play to the cameras.

Letterman agreed: "Putting on a show for the company and the folks back home."

Of course Carney never admitted to any "posing" or "faux indignation" on his part during those years at the White House podium pushing presidential propaganda.

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Now, now, give Jay credit. He was brave enough to make his appearance on a forum where he knew he would be questioned closely and have his claims challenged and tested.

I admit I didn't watch the show, but then I never watch Letterman. But I have heard some outtakes and the Obama servile Letterman at the very least sounded like he wanted to shine Carney shoes, or better yet kiss his a$$.