Kill the messenger! That may as well be the Obama administration's battle cry as they have directed their "political arm" (as if it's really separate from the White House at all) to rile the base by blaming the media for falling down on the job and not debunking GOP "lies" about health care.Greg Sargant's Plum Line blog has some of the details:The email from Organizing for America, which was forwarded by a reader, is obviously not addressed to the media and explicitly focuses blames on the press for the traction that reform foes have gained. Hitting the media riles the base, and the email also asks for donations to fund OFA, because "stepping in where the media fails is a daunting challenge." "Our opponents will create and spread outrageous lies to try to stop President Obama from creating real change," reads the email from OFA chief Mitch Stewart. "We just can't count on the media to debunk them." The email suggests that the...(Read Full Post)