'In one of the most shocking articles that
the New York Times has ever put out, a New York Times reporter has
openly admitted that virtually every major mainstream news organization
allows government bureaucrats and campaign officials to censor their
stories. For example, almost every major news organization in the
country has agreed to submit virtually all quotes from anyone involved
in the Obama campaign or the Romney campaign to gatekeepers for "quote
approval" before they will be published.
If the gatekeeper in the Obama campaign
does not want a certain quote to get out, the American people will not
see it, and the same thing applies to the Romney campaign. The goal is
to keep the campaigns as "on message" as possible and to avoid gaffes
at all cost. But this kind of thing is not just happening with
political campaigns. According to the New York Times, "quote approval"
has become "commonplace throughout Washington".'
