From the New York Times via David Horowitz’s Newsreal blog comes White House communications director Anita Dunn on the Administration’s view of the Fox News Channel:
We’re going to treat them the way we would treat an opponent. As they are undertaking a war against Barack Obama and the White House, we don’t need to pretend that this is the way that legitimate news organizations behave.
Newsreal contributor Matthew Vadum observes it’s straight from the Hugo Chavez playbook.
Glenn Beck responded Monday in typical fashion:
Who would have thought that life would be crazier than fiction? You just can’t make this stuff up.