This interview between Kyle Clark, a reporter with Denver’s NBC affiliate channel 9, and Barack Obama is a must-see. Right out of the gate, Clark presses Obama on Benghazi and the president showed why he doesn’t like to talk about it; he’s stonewalling. For Obama to defer to a pending investigation over a matter that had only a handful of possible culprits who ordered military and intelligence personnel to stand down is beyond ridiculous. Besides, for two weeks, Obama was all too comfortable when it came to pointing to a video.
Now that the truth is far more obvious than any role the video ever had, he’s clamming up?! Clark exposed this reality by just doing what journalists are supposed to do – ask legitimate questions.
It didn’t end there. Right after Benghazi-gate, Clark moved on to Colorado’s version of Solyndra – Abound Solar. The reporter rightfully pointed out that Abound is out of business and connected to an Obama donor. Take note that as part of his defense, Obama says the decisions made about who to lend money to came out of the Department of Energy and had “nothing to do with politics”.
It’s obvious the president wasn’t expecting this. Perhaps the peacock logo that NBC 9 carries gave him a false sense of security.
Barack Obama was not the only one made to look bad by this interview. Brian Williams, by having a local reporter from his own network do a better job interviewing POTUS should cause Williams great shame.
Via 9NEWS (h/t Jake Tapper):
Compare Clark’s questions to Obama over Libya with those lobbed at him by Brian Williams, another NBC employee with far more power – and journalistic responsibility – than Clark.
Via NewsBusters:
Remember this from 2009?
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It is so nice to see someone putting the pressure on Stonewall Obama, especially when they are being paid by NBC. I’m certain that he won’t get the chance again but he has connections to others who can and what I have written in my latest essay can spill the whole can of beans so I will do a Google search and send this to a courageous reporter. http://www.freedomrings1776.com/2012/10/benghazi-two-conflicting-agendasone.html#more
Kyle Clark asked Obama some questions then sat back like a voiceless puppet while Obama disregarded the questions, did not answer them, but went on spouting his usual propaganda with no one having the courage to rebut his statements.
If this is what is considered “tough” journalism by American media then America is in deep trouble.
Just look at the UK. You are following its lead to oblivion.
Mickey Oberman
Compared to…. Brian Williams, who is on the national level, Kyle Clarke has journalistic guts in spades.
Simply asking the questions he did revealed much.
Cut the guy a little slack.
Clarke accomplish nothing except to give Obama one more platform from which to twist the truth.
How I wish the late Barbara Frum of the once good but now decaying CBC were still here to teach journalists how to do their jobs.
When she asked a question she pursued it and would not let go until she got an answer. Her questions were always fair and to the point.
There are very few journalists today who have her courage, intelligence and integrity.
Mickey Oberman
Again, compared to Brian Williams?
The true identity of Obama is revealed by knowing the name that the secret service
gave him “Renegade” or another definition “The Lawless One” ,and by the name that he calls his heavily armored limo “The Beast”. If that doesn’t give you a clue as to who he really is,then you haven’t been listening to Walid close enough