Obama Holds Secret Benghazi Press Conference, Invites Only Liberals

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AUTHOR Warner Todd Huston

When Barack Obama came to office he promised to have “the most transparent administration in history.” Apparently that isn’t working out so well, at least not with Benghazi. Last week the administration held secret, off-the-record meetings with the press likely to strong arm them into aiding in the Benghazi cover-up.
After last week’s dramatic testimony on Obama’s failures in Benghazi the off-record nature of the meetings raised a lot of eyebrows, certainly. One has to wonder what Obama is hiding? He keeps claiming that there is nothing to worry about with his conduct during the attacks on our embassy personnel in Libya that horrible day. So, if he isn’t worried, why the secretive meetings with his lapdogs in the press?htthttp://www.mrconservative.com/2013/05/15224-obama-holds-secret-benghazi-press-conference/p://youtu.be/9oHjiSCJAm8                                                                                         Could the edited talking points be one thing the 
Obama admin doesn’t want well known?
After the briefing was reported as off-record, some in the Obama administration even wanted to spin that and mischaracterize it as “on deep background,” instead of off the record. What is the difference between the two? According to Politico that means reporters can use the info they heard but cannot attribute the quote to anyone.
In other words, nothing from the meeting will be reported because good journalistic practice means identifying key sources. Just saying “some say,” or “sources confide” is not optimal, though it is done.
Who can blame Obama for trying to staunch the flow of his administration’s political blood, though. With one group already filing lawsuits against him for his failed leadership in Benghazi and Congress calling this the worst cover-up since anyone can remember, Obama is beginning to panic. But, he’ll likely be able to rely on the Old Media establishment to come to his aide as always… hence the secret meetinghttp://www.mrconservative.com/2013/05/15224-obama-holds-secret-benghazi-press-conference/http://youtu.be/9oHjiSCJAm8