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Bully Pulpit

The term "bully pulpit" stems from President Theodore Roosevelt's reference to the White House as a "bully pulpit," meaning a terrific platform from which to persuasively advocate an agenda. Roosevelt often used the word "bully" as an adjective meaning superb/wonderful. The Bully Pulpit features news, reasoned discourse, opinion and some humor.

Tuesday, January 04, 2011

ABC News Continues Lobby Effort for ObamaCare

(By Larry O'Connor, Big Journalism) - ABC News continues to behave like they are working hand-in-hand with the Obama Administrations’ health care take-over message machine. The latest effort came from ABC News Political Director Amy Walter as she offered a harsh warning to Republicans: Don’t mess with ObamaCare (video below).

In 2009, ABC News reporter Linda Douglass was named the Director of Communications for the White House Office of Health Reform.  Her infamous warning against mis-information from the right about ObamaCare with her plea for Americans to report their fellow citizens who spread the conservative message on the health care legislation to “Flag@WhiteHouse.gov” got most of the headlines during her tenure.

But, Ms. Douglass’ most lasting propaganda effort while working in the White House may have been the exclusive “Health Care Forum” broadcast live from the White House exclusively on her former network hosted by ABC News anchors Charlie Gibson and Diane Sawyer.

Now, ABC News Political Director Amy Walter continues her network’s critical role in the ObamaCare debate:


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