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By Howard Kurtz

Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, October 20, 2009; 9:41 AM

They are a dastardly bunch, this White House crowd.

Their secret is out.

And the source is impeccable: none other than Anita Dunn, the communications director who launched the Fox-bashing campaign on television in a CNN interview with me a week ago.

Wait till you hear what she's admitted now.

It seems that the Obama team wants to control the message it puts out.

Wait, it gets worse.

It doesn't want negative information getting out.

Isn't that. . . . manipulative?

And the Obama folks came up with the idea of putting out their own videos to stop the nattering nabobs of negativism from mucking things up.

Have you ever heard of another administration or presidential campaign taking such a selfish approach?

Don't these people recognize the historic role of independent news media?

Can they possibly get away with this?

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