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rachel1

(538 posts)
Mon Sep 10, 2012, 03:59 PM Sep 2012

Obama Grilled About Kill List By Local Reporter

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"A local Ohio reporter grilled President Obama forcefully about his controversial so-called "kill list" on Tuesday. Obama has been making an aggressive effort to speak to local reporters during the 2012 campaign, and Ben Swann, a reporter for Fox 19 in Cincinnati, used some of his minutes to press him about the list, which has the names of people who the administration has selected for targeted drone strikes. Press reports about the program have been the subject of heated political arguments on Capitol Hill. Swann was remarkably frank about the interview in a "Reality Check" segment. It was, in several ways, a tougher, more skeptical segment than viewers would find on many a national news program...".* The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur breaks it down.

*Read more here from Jack Mirkinson in The Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/06/ben-swann-local-ohio-repo_n_1861943.html

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Obama Grilled About Kill List By Local Reporter (Original Post) rachel1 Sep 2012 OP
Strong KICK and RECOMMEND woo me with science Sep 2012 #1
Stupid Constitution. Kurovski Sep 2012 #2
Was the reporter a FAKE-News disingenuous asshole trying to turn liberals against Obama? This is RBInMaine Sep 2012 #3
Carter supported the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia and fundies in Afghanistan cpwm17 Sep 2012 #5
+1 Two wrongs will never make a right rachel1 Sep 2012 #7
International decision. DhhD Sep 2012 #4
Kick. nt woo me with science Sep 2012 #6

woo me with science

(32,139 posts)
1. Strong KICK and RECOMMEND
Mon Sep 10, 2012, 04:03 PM
Sep 2012

A JOURNALIST DOING HIS JOB for a change.

We desperately, desperately need more of this.

Kurovski

(34,655 posts)
2. Stupid Constitution.
Mon Sep 10, 2012, 04:09 PM
Sep 2012

Stupid rule of law.

I miss cenk on MSNBC. It said a lot about NBC when they shit-canned him.

 

RBInMaine

(13,570 posts)
3. Was the reporter a FAKE-News disingenuous asshole trying to turn liberals against Obama? This is
Mon Sep 10, 2012, 07:21 PM
Sep 2012

a bunch of CRAP. CARTER's people ordered hits (as they ALL do through the CIA) and Carter was involved in supporting Iraq early on against Iran. EVERY administration deals with these international situations. VERY sad the boy or any innocent person got hit, but those who are targeted are VERY bad guys operating OVERSEAS, not on US soil, and so live by the sword then die by the sword. It just isn't a perfect world.

 

cpwm17

(3,829 posts)
5. Carter supported the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia and fundies in Afghanistan
Mon Sep 10, 2012, 09:32 PM
Sep 2012

It doesn't make it right just because a Democrat does it. Murder is murder no matter who does it.

rachel1

(538 posts)
7. +1 Two wrongs will never make a right
Tue Sep 11, 2012, 03:52 PM
Sep 2012

Murder should never be justifiable because someone else is committing it.

DhhD

(4,695 posts)
4. International decision.
Mon Sep 10, 2012, 08:49 PM
Sep 2012

In the past, I believe that I heard President Obama say or infer that executions for mass murderers, is an international decision among government leaders.

The details are national security issues that he cannot discuss.

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