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Detroit Free Press: Obama Ushers in Era of Oppression of Free Speech?

May 7, 2009 by

-By Warner Todd Huston

Looks like it is just starting to dawn on some lefties that Obama is ushering in an era of oppression of free speech. So it seems for Laura Varon Brown of the Detroit Free Press, at least. Oh, she isn’t saying that Obama himself is trampling on free speech, but she is starting to understand that the left’s penchant for political correctness is serving the function as a sort of self-imposed oppression no matter what Obama says. It’s getting so bad, according to Brown, that any criticism of Obama is treated as akin to treason… at least it is in the “circles” she runs in, anyway.

Brown can count herself in the same boat as the late-night comedy shows that are finding that any criticism of The One is verboten to their left-wing audiences. Even the supposedly unshakable Bill Maher, who congratulates himself on his bravery for taking on the establishment, has found that he’s had to shy from criticizing Obama. These people are seeing that attacking “The Man” is not so funny when it is their man in the crosshairs. Suddenly such folks have a new-found respect for the office and a more circumspect behavior toward the president is now du jour.

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Radical Code Pinkers Presented as ‘Independents’ In Det. Free Press Focus Group

September 9, 2008 by

-By Warner Todd Huston

Back on September 3, the Detroit Free Press ran a feature asking local voters how they felt about Governor Sarah Palin’s acceptance speech during the Republican National Convention. However, several of those identified as “independent” voters have turned out to be far from independent but are anti-war activists and members of the radical hate-group, Code Pink. Looks like the Detroit Free Press got snookered big time on this one.

The Free Press published the opinions of Ilene Beninson, 52, and Joellen Gilchrist, 64, as the opinion of “independents” and, naturally, they both hated Palin and her speech. But, as the days rolled onward, it has come to light that neither Beninson nor Gilchrist are as “independent” as they claimed. Even ABC’s Jake Tapper got snared by the sham independents. Tapper later apologized for his error.

Please note that two of the “independents” the Free Press interviewed appear to be anti-war activists, thus not particularly predisposed to have an open mind about Gov. Palin. I had quoted one of them, but have removed her comments.

Besides ABC, several other Old Media outlets picked up on these bogus “independents” that the Free Press foisted on the reading public.

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