I just got this from a friend. Enjoy
From the Desk of:
David Martin, Executive Vice President
MEDIA RESEARCH CENTER
1/7/2010
Where’s the OUTRAGE? The President and the media have been railing against private companies all year for taking taxpayer money and then handing out big bonuses to executives. Yet when the government does this … silence! Where is the liberal media? Why aren’t they outraged by this?
What happened:
While visions of sugar plums danced in our heads on Christmas Eve, Obama’s Treasury Department was busy handing out $42 million in cash to executives at government-controlled mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
And there was barely a peep out of ABC, CBS, and NBC!
The MRC’s Business and Media Institute (BMI) put this all in perspective. Click here for the full story.
But Albert, it gets worse … much worse.
In a move to ensure government control of these firms for the duration of Obama’s term, the Treasury Department also lifted the cap on how much taxpayer money can be funneled into Fannie and Freddie. They essentially have an unlimited line of credit!
Albert, these are the same two institutions that were key players in the U.S. housing meltdown — backing billions of dollars in bad loans, while cronies made millions of dollars cooking the corporate books and running the institutions into the ground. The American people have already contributed over $100 billion to keep both of them afloat.
And the liberal media have acted like these stealth announcements are no big deal. This, after a year of intensely berating private financial institutions for their reckless actions and greedy ways and demanding that executive bonuses be stopped!
Can the media’s hypocrisy be any more outrageous or blatant?
It’s bad enough that the Obama administration tried to sneak these two announcements through on Christmas Eve. But it’s worse that we can’t rely on the so-called “news” media to tell the public what’s going on.
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Albert, we are also depending on you to alert your friends and family to this latest media outrage.
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As always, thank you in advance for answering our important call to action.
David Martin
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