According to Fox News anchor, Greta Van Susteren (pictured), the Obama administration pressured her to convince a fellow reporter to be silent about the jihadist attack in Benghazi. This kind of insidious censorship tactic is yet another mark on the Obama government’s miserable approach to freedom of the press.
Van Susteren asserted recently on her blog that the administration made an extensive effort to conceal what happened in Benghazi. She cited U.S. officials’ refusal to include the Fox News Channel in several Benghazi briefings along with a warning that her colleague’s career would be ruined if she persisted in her reporting on the attack.The Fox News host recalled a “disturbing phone call from a good friend in the Obama administration” shortly after the Sept. 11, 2012, attack, which the administration initially blamed on a protest of an anti-Islam video.
“In this call, my friend told me that my colleague Jennifer Griffin, who was aggressively reporting on Benghazi, was wrong and that, as a favor to me, my friend in the administration was telling me so that I could tell Jennifer so that she did not ruin her career,” Van Susteren wrote.
Van Susteren said that in her 20-plus years in the business, she had never received a call to try to shut down a colleague.
“Here is what I know: Jennifer is a class act … experienced … and a very responsible journalist. One of the absolute best in the business – no ax to grind, she just wants the facts.”
Van Susteren said she challenged her friend in the Obama administration to provide facts to back up her charge against Griffin.
“I told my friend before I go to Jennifer telling her she is wrong, I need proof she is wrong, strong proof and you need to be specific – what are you saying she is getting wrong?”
But she found quickly there were no facts to offer.
Source: WND
Photo: Screenshot, FoxNews
I READ THIS ALL & WHEN I WAS FILIN OUT 2 MAKE A COMMENT THE PAGE CANT BE DISPLAYED WONT NO 1 SAY WHAT IS GOIN ON I’LL SAY IT ITS COMMUNISMLAST NIGHT THE F B I BLOCKED MY BROWSER SO I GUESS THE F B I HAS FALLEN IN2 COMMINUISM FOLKS YOU BETTER STAND UP WE HAVE 2 END THIS COMMUNIST TAKEOVER OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA COMMUNIST BEWARE WE ARE COMMIN
I don’t believe Fox either. I think they are part of the machine. They appear to be against certain things but in the end lay down on big issues. Its the good cop bad cop routine
Remember just before the election when the President leaned over to Putin and whispered to Putin and said, “Wait until after the election and muffle, muffle, muffle…”? With all that’s going on with Putin now, don’t you wonder what was really said? I know I do. And, are we not opening up our own oil wells to produce jobs and make our country the most powerful country in the world again so as not to leave a “carbon footprint”? Yet, going to spend OUR tax dollars to go to a country that Putin will probably either end up with or profit from to teach them to do that very thing (drill oil, make that carbon footprint) so that we can buy their high priced oil from them? Am I missing something here?
They aren’t getting away with it, polls show that and the 2014 election will show that.
Somehow I don’t see Greta being intimidated all that easily.
Obama tries to bully every citizen. Welcome to the underdogs Greta. 🙁
I agree totally with Mr.Holmes on this one.
How DARE they do this!! IF they don’t like the TRUTH-then change their behavior!
If it wasn’t for Fox we’d have no journalism in this country !!
Kick theirs Butts Greta! The regime is on the run!