How Hope and Change Gave Way to Spying on the Press

Much of the Fourth Estate shrugged when the Obama administration attacked Fox News, writes Kirsten Powers. But now it’s coming for them, too.

Published May 21 2013 4:45AM EDT

articles/2013/05/21/how-hope-and-change-gave-way-to-spying-on-the-press/130520-doj-james-rosen-tease_qcwlnc — Fox News, via Media Matters

First they came for Fox News, and they did not speak out—because they were not Fox News. Then they came for government whistleblowers, and they did not speak out—because they were not government whistleblowers.

Kirsten Powers

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How Hope and Change Gave Way to Spying on the Press

Much of the Fourth Estate shrugged when the Obama administration attacked Fox News, writes Kirsten Powers. But now it’s coming for them, too.

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Kirsten Powers