Re:How to leak to the press
by btilly on Friday January 27, 2017 @05:13PM
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Fair enough, but he didn't carry on a general war.
Obama waged a campaign against leakers. Most of what you refer to was tied to that. Related, see the fact that he used the Espionage Act more than everyone else. That phrasing is precise, Obama used it more than all other presidents combined.
He also faced a sustained propaganda campaign from Fox News. (The results of which were regular grist for Jon Stewart on The Daily Show.) He therefore treated them as an enemy.
This was unfortunate, but not really comparable to Trump's treating anyone who disagrees with obvious outright lies as an enemy. And Trump's declaring most of the media enemies, and issuing a variety of thinly veiled threats to them.
I wouldn't be surprised to see Obama's unfortunate espionage act record eclipsed as well... :-(
Obama waged a campaign against leakers. Most of what you refer to was tied to that. Related, see the fact that he used the Espionage Act more than everyone else. That phrasing is precise, Obama used it more than all other presidents combined.
He also faced a sustained propaganda campaign from Fox News. (The results of which were regular grist for Jon Stewart on The Daily Show.) He therefore treated them as an enemy.
This was unfortunate, but not really comparable to Trump's treating anyone who disagrees with obvious outright lies as an enemy. And Trump's declaring most of the media enemies, and issuing a variety of thinly veiled threats to them.
I wouldn't be surprised to see Obama's unfortunate espionage act record eclipsed as well... :-(