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Members of Obama Administration are Related to People in the Mainstream
Media-Truth!
Summary of the eRumor: This is a forwarded email that
alleges that some members of the Obama Administration are related to
high ranking members of the mainstream media. Some versions of
this eRumor are two graphics showing the relationships of Tom Nides, Ben
Rhodes, Elizabeth Sherwood and Jay Carney.
The Truth:
According to a May 11, 2013 article by
News Busters, "CBS News
President David Rhodes and ABC News President Ben Sherwood, both of them
have siblings that not only work at the White House, that not only work
for President Obama, but they work at the National Security Council (NSC)
on foreign policy issues directly related to Benghazi."
The article also said
that ABC president Ben Sherwood and Special Assistant to Barack Obama,
Dr. Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall are brother and sister.
"CBS News President David Rhodes and ABC News President Ben Sherwood,
both of them have siblings that not only work at the White House, that
not only work for President Obama, but they work at the NSC on foreign
policy issues directly related to Benghazi."
So stated political consultant and media commentator Richard Grenell on
Saturday's Fox News Watch (video follows with transcript and
commentary):
RICHARD GRENELL: I think the media's becoming the story, let's face it.
CBS News President David Rhodes and ABC News President Ben Sherwood,
both of them have siblings that not only work at the White House, that
not only work for President Obama, but they work at the NSC on foreign
policy issues directly related to Benghazi. Let's call a spade a spade.
Let's also show you why CNN did not go very far in covering these
hearings because the CNN deputy bureau chief, Virginia Moseley, is
married to Hillary Clinton’s deputy, Tom Nides. It is time for the media
to start asking questions why are they not covering this. It's a family
matter for some of them.
JON SCOTT, HOST: So they don't want to bring embarrassment upon folks
who, who they're close to?
GRENELL: Who directly are related to this story. Absolutely. They're
covering for them. There's no question about it. For the record, Ben
Sherwood's sister, Dr. Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall, is the Special
Assistant to Barack Obama. Virginia Moseley's husband, Tom Nides, is the
Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources.
As for David Rhodes' brother Ben, he
is Obama's Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communication.
As ABCNews.com reported Friday, Rhodes was a key player in revising the
White House's Benghazi talking points last September:
In an email dated 9/14/12 at 9:34 p.m. — three days after the attack and
two days before Ambassador Rice appeared on the Sunday shows – Deputy
National Security Advisor Ben Rhodes wrote an email saying the State
Department’s concerns needed to be addressed.
“We must make sure that the talking points reflect all agency equities,
including those of the State Department, and we don’t want to undermine
the FBI investigation. We thus will work through the talking points
tomorrow morning at the Deputies Committee meeting.”
After that meeting, which took place Saturday morning at the White
House, the CIA drafted the final version of the talking points –
deleting all references to al Qaeda and to the security warnings in
Benghazi prior to the attack.
Consider, too, that CBS News executives possibly including Rhodes have
allegedly come down on their own investigative reporter Sharyl Attkisson
for "wading dangerously close to advocacy on" Benghazi.
If Attkisson gets the boot, it could very well be with a foot attached
to the brother of an Obama administration official directly involved in
the cover-up. A family matter indeed.
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