Shunned and P*****

In this article on the SET Political Review, Philip R. Klein comments on a visit by former First Lady Laura Bush to Beaumont, where she held a press conference before her meeting at the Texas Energy Museum.

Note that I've edited Klein's vulgar language, since his obsession with excretory functions is symptomatic of a personality disorder:

Well - it seems that former first lady Laura Bush wanted this night to be about the Texas Entergy [sic] Museum. Not about politicos. So she agreed to come give a speech under certain circumstances. One of which was that she would talk to the media about the museum - with no questions - and then that is it that is all [sic]. No media. And this p*****d the media off.

How do we know? Well - KFDM has no stories up about her on their web site and did a drop spot at the 10 p.m. news. The Beaumont Enterprise made a curt comment in their story. KBMT did a nice little story - but got p*** in it saying that they were not allowed to ask questions. And on and on.

Klein's favorite print publication, The Examiner, didn't mention the visit either. From the Beaumont Enterprise:

Event organizers urged the media to not ask Bush questions, and instead listen to Bush's prepared remarks.

From KBMT:

Mrs. Bush delivered a prepared statement to a group of media members, who were not allowed to ask questions.

Klein spins this into an indictment against the local media, but I think they were just reporting the facts. And part of the facts were that they weren't allowed to ask questions.

I'm positive that PRK would have claimed censorship had this same scenario played out with First Lady Michelle Obama.