{"id":47500,"date":"2014-09-15T12:00:51","date_gmt":"2014-09-15T11:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=47500"},"modified":"2015-05-05T21:30:35","modified_gmt":"2015-05-05T20:30:35","slug":"carney-still-white-house-propagandist-now-posing-as-tie-less-cnn-analyst","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2014\/09\/carney-still-white-house-propagandist-now-posing-as-tie-less-cnn-analyst\/","title":{"rendered":"Carney Still White House \u2018Propagandist\u2019 Now Posing as Tie-Less CNN Analyst"},"content":{"rendered":"
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White House Press Secretary Jay Carney.(Reuters \/ Kevin Lamarque )<\/p><\/div>\n

Former White House Press Secretary Jay Carney is essentially doing the same job since being taken on by CNN \u2013 serving as propagandist for the government, award-winning journalist Ben Swann told RT.<\/em><\/p>\n

RT:<\/strong> How common is it that a White House official goes to work for news channels to comment on policy?<\/em><\/p>\n

Ben Swann:<\/strong> Actually, it’s becoming very common \u2013 that’s maybe the most alarming thing about this. Jay Carney’s move to CNN \u2013 the headline on Huffington Post and on BenSwann.com yesterday was: \u201cWho\u2019s Surprised?\u201d No one. No one\u2019s surprised that he would actually make this move. Why? He’s actually just one of a long line of press secretaries who then takes a high-profile job at a major US network. Dana Perino over at Fox News was with President Bush. David Axelrod has done it \u2013 there\u2019s a long line of these folks who do this as their next career.<\/p>\n

RT:<\/strong> What’s in it for Carney?<\/em><\/p>\n

BS:<\/strong> Well, a big, fat pay check, obviously, is always nice. But also, it allows him to continue to push forward ideas that this administration wants out in the public spectrum. Obviously, he’s a believer. He believes in what this President is doing. And in this position \u2013 now he comes off not as spokesman for the President, but an analyst, as a pundit. But he\u2019s not. He\u2019s just a spokesman for the President who\u2019s now not wearing a tie.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s the only difference between what he was doing behind that podium in the White House to where he is today over at CNN. If you saw the exchange last night between John McCain and Jay Carney \u2013 I\u2019m sure CNN loved it \u2013 they said it was this showdown between McCain and Carney. It wasn\u2019t. It was two guys arguing over something that was almost arbitrary, instead of talking about the real issue which was to do with ISIS.<\/p>\n

RT:<\/strong> Why is CNN flushing out so much cash \u2013 why would they hire someone like Jay Carney?<\/em><\/p>\n

BS:<\/strong> Why does Fox hire Dana Perino? Why does MSNBC hire David Axelrod? They hire these guys simply because they fit the political agenda, which is, here\u2019s someone who has lots of contacts, someone who has lots of access, and they\u2019ll be able to get us all these exclusive stories and bring all this fresh insight. And they have kind of a hint of celebrity to them. But in realty they\u2019re just propagandists \u2013 that\u2019s what they do in their official capacity working for the White House, and it\u2019s what they transfer to do.<\/p>\n

Listen, it\u2019s not about hating on these guys taking these positions \u2013 but they’re not journalists. Jay Carney was at one time a journalist but he gave up that role when he went to work for the White House.<\/p>\n

RT:<\/strong> What does this say about modern politics and the media?<\/em><\/p>\n

BS:<\/strong> Well, what I think it comes down to here is that media in the US really for the most part does not care about journalism. They care about the idea of celebrity and access and that\u2019s what these guys represent.<\/p>\n

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