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August 6, 2009
On that "Creepy" request from the White House
Topics: Political News and commentaries
Addressing this verbatim excerpt from a White House Blog called The Blog requesting that they be notified sites or people who are saying bad things about the administration's health care "reform" proposals:
There is a lot of disinformation about health insurance reform out there, spanning from control of personal finances to end of life care. These rumors often travel just below the surface via chain emails or through casual conversation. Since we can't keep track of all of them here at the White House, we're asking for your help. If you get an email or see something on the web about health insurance reform that seems fishy, send it to flag@whitehouse.govRichard Fernandez writes:
[...} Leaving aside the creepier aspects of the request, the call for 'tips' by The Blog may just be an example of the Online Reputation Management (ORM) of an endangered brand. The Foundry, a site associated with the Heritage Foundation, notes that the administration's health care proposal has been taking a beating in the polls. The word is out: Obamacare sucks and the professionals are out in force to "manage" its faltering image. So isn't it natural to find out who is dissing it, as a prelude to setting them straight?As "creepy" as the White House's blog message was, its the potential purpose of "setting us straight" that's even creepier, even Orwellian, inasmuch as it evokes Orwell's satirical novel 1984, which depicts a futuristic totalitarian state. Welcome to Amerika.
Posted by Abdul at August 6, 2009 7:39 AM
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