Because he can’t compare Bush’s transparency to Obama’s. Bush feared the media, as Presidents should, and complied with most reasonable FOIA requests. Obama doesn’t fear media scrutiny. The only FOIA requests he has to comply with are the ones from the media, since he needs to keep them happy. They won’t report on any other FOIA denials (well, until after the election, of course) because they need to keep him in power to keep their access flowing.

The media will stop openly covering for him soon, now that they’ve re-elected him. They need to start trying to reestablish credibility for the upcoming election, where they know they won’t have to cover for Obama, specifically. They’ve got four years to make the uninformed voters forget their constant Presidential jock-riding, and it’ll probably take them less than that to get their numbers back up.

The Obama administration’s high level of opacity, though typical of modern presidencies, is troubling precisely because the president was so clear about his determination to do things differently.

What universe is this guy living in? When has 0bama ever been clear about anything?

Sure, he says “Let me be clear” a lot, but then we hear nothing but mumbo jumbo, doubletalk and lies.

is troubling precisely because the president was so clear about his determination to do things differently.

Hey azzwipe, meet “The ends justify the means.”.

In other words Bark blew smoke up your ass but you happily reelected him anyway.

Maybe you media jackhats should have reported on this crap BEFORE the election.

Bishop on December 4, 2012 at 9:20 AM

Yeah it is funny how now some of them suddenly become critics after the last four years of love fest. It won’t last, because they will have to blame this four years on the Repubs to try to get elected in another four years.

Maybe you media jackhats should have reported on this crap BEFORE the election.