York: The NASA (non) Feeding Frenzy
Wednesday, July 7, 2010 at 10:43AM Like many people, I was shocked to see the former head of NASA suggesting that his primary charge from Obama was outreach to the Muslim world. Particularly when you consider that thousands of NASA employees will soon be losing their jobs thanks to cutbacks by the Obama administration. Of course, the press doesn't seem to think any of that is news - or they more likely know it's news and don't want to embarrass the Obama administration. Here is proof of that from Byron York's Beltway Confidential Blog at the Washington Examiner:
From a Nexis search a few moments ago:
Total words about the NASA Muslim outreach program in the New York Times: 0.
Total words about the NASA Muslim outreach program in the Washington Post: 0.
Total words about the NASA Muslim outreach program on NBC Nightly News: 0.
Total words about the NASA Muslim outreach program on ABC World News: 0.
Total words about the NASA Muslim outreach program on CBS Evening News: 0.
If you were to receive your news from any one of these outlets, or even all of them together, and you heard about some sort of controversy involving the Obama administration redefining the space agency’s mission to feature outreach to Muslim countries, your response would be, “Huh?” Among all the news these distinguished outlets have seen fit to cover in recent days, the NASA story has not made the cut.
Actually, there is one mention of the NASA controversy on the Washington Post website (not the newspaper itself). You can see it here. You might have to search a little for it: It’s deep in a blog item, in a section entitled “Cabinet and Staff News,” and the entire text of it is this: “NASA Chief Charles Bolden says his new mission to improve relations with the Muslim world.” It links to a report on FoxNews.com.
Reader Comments (2)
I believe that even the one mention of it was itself erroneous. It wasn't his "new" mission, but was given to him by Obama before he was appointed to the position according to his interview with Al Jazera.
The mainstream media. By Democrats, for Democrats. In other words, by corrupt, morally bankrupt individuals, for corrupt, morally bankrupt individuals.