White House called CBS to demand firing of Batiste

[DesEtoiles]

We all know that is exactly what happened.

[aquart]

1. No, we actually don't.

Sometimes people are gutless assholes on their own.

[maddezmom]

2. sounds like something that would happen, but we don't really now it's a fact

yet :)

[DesEtoiles]

3. Remember the Scooter Libby trial? That's how they operate.

[Enrique]

4. depends on your definition of "know"

[T Wolf]

5. Judging by past behavior (profiling the WH),

it would seem to be a logical deduction of what happened.

What should be done is to put this message out there and let the bastards deny it. But then, we do not have the media to spew our talking points.

[BurtWorm]

6. Your thread title lacks a little truth in advertising.

;)

You made me (and I bet a lot of others) look, thinking we were going to find something other than speculation.

Now if it were true that the WH called CBS, that would be newsworthy. But since the story is that Batiste unintentionally violated CBS News rules against advocacy, I have to say I can't blame them. And I say this despite feeling stroungly that Batiste's advocacy is right on the money and I hope it gets very wide play. It's possible even that his firing will spark a spike in hits for it on YouTube.

[LSparkle]

7. And they just HIRED former WH aide Nicole Wallace

From the Libby trial, we KNOW they watch TV 24/7 ... They may have had a hand in his firing.

[Adelante]

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