In February, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) set off a bit of a row (mainly outside of the mainstream media) with its intention to monitor newsrooms and help the news media determine what stories should claim some of their limited time and space.  As William Bigelow explained, on Breitbart’s Big Government site:

FCC commissioner Mignon Clyburn, who was appointed to the FCC by Barack Obama and is the daughter of House Democratic Rep. James Clyburn, said in 2012, “This study begins the charting of a course to a more effective delivery of necessary information to all citizens… [the FCC] must emphatically insist that we leave no American behind when it comes to meeting the needs of those in varied and vibrant communities of our nation – be they native born, immigrant, disabled, non-English speaking, low-income, or other.” …

The plan is referred to as “the CIN Study.” Ajit Pai, one of the FCC’s five commissioners (and one of two Republicans), condemned the action, saying, “This has never been put to an FCC vote; it was just announced. I’ve never had any input into the process.”

With his recent press conference claiming success for the Affordable Care Act (ACA) exchanges, President Obama gave a sample of the dark turn that such monitoring could take.  Here’s Carl Cannon, of RealClearPolitics:

“I want to make sure everybody understands,” [Obama] said, looking at press row. “In the months, years ahead … there will be additional challenges to implementing this law. There will be days when the website stumbles, I guarantee it. So, press, I want you to anticipate: There will be some moment when the website is down, and I know it will be on all of your front pages. It’s going to happen. It won’t be news.”

Take a moment to digest that comment, and to consider its context. He’s saying that if www.healthcare.gov continues to have problems providing a service Americans are required by law to obtain, that’s not news.

Party loyalty and ideological bias have already hindered the ability of the nation’s news media to accurately convey to the American people who Obama and his radical ilk are and what they want to accomplish.  It’s a very dangerous line they’re walking.