Good grief, they just can’t stop. This time it is “Karen Finney, a political analyst for MSNBC and Democratic consultant” penning a screeching whinefest op-ed at The Hill
It’s not just that interrupting the president of the United States, as Neil Munro from the Daily Caller did not once but twice last week during a routine press event in the White House Rose Garden, crossed the line from uncivil to inappropriate. The question he shouted, “Mr. President, why do you favor foreign workers over Americans?†was unprofessionally divisive. Resorting to race-baiting or pitting groups of human beings against one another is not journalism worthy of a White House press pass.
Um, we’d all like to know just how adding 800,000+ illegal aliens to the workforce through work visas will help Americans get jobs. Yet, Obama came out (45 minutes late), gave a long winded statement about giving these visas, and declined to take questions (again). Weird how Democrats suddenly abandon their “the people have a right to know” thought when it is a Democrat being challenged.
Rather than helping to further understanding about the policy being announced, Munro engaged in exactly the kind of provocative-for-the-sake-of-it “journalism†that cheapens our national debate on important issues, contributing to a more polarized, less informed, un-civil society at exactly the time we need more engagement from the American people, not less.
How can the American people engage when the POTUS refuses to take questions?
Time and again the right wing has labeled President Obama as “divisive†and right-wing and some mainstream media continue to depict African-American men as angry and scary (as Bill Maher so effectively pointed out on his show last week) rather than professional, hard-working or loving. Yet, as he has done so many times before, during that offensive exchange, Obama responded firmly and respectfully to both interruptions, affording Munro the courtesy of referring to him as “Sir,†and, without raising his voice or moderating his tone, told him to wait until he had finished his statement before asking questions.
So daring to ask Obama a question, something the 1st Amendment clearly allows, is now raaaaacist. Should we be surprised?
Oh, and isn’t nice how Obama gave Neil the opportunity to refer to Obama as Your Majesty “sir”?
Perhaps Ms. Finney should look towards her own network, MSNBC, who engaged in blatant uncivil treatment when they decided to lie about Mitt Romney going to a WaWa.
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