As of yesterday, the White House is in the mother of all PR battles. Even the European press understands what is happening.

What a difference a day makes.  Obama's world of media control has apparently blown up in his face.  So bad was yesterday's media events,  that Fox’s Neil Cavuto called it " . . . . the beginning of the mother of all PR battles for the White House."   

From the BBC:    There’s new evidence, obtained by ABC, that the Obama administration did deliberately purge references to “terrorism” from accounts of the attack on the Benghazi diplomatic mission, which killed four people including the US ambassador to Libya.   Conservatives have long maintained that the administration deliberately suppressed the truth about the attacks.

This is the first hard evidence that the state department did ask for changes to the CIA’s original assessment.

Note:  of course it is not the “first hard evidence.”  Steven Hayes of the Weekly Standard,  uncovered the initial talking points alternations earlier this week.  Fox News developed a fact based timeline that destroyed Obama’s contrary claims months ago.  It is only “new” to the liberal media,  but,  at least,  they have finally come alive on this issue. 

Specifically, they wanted references to previous warnings deleted and this sentence removed: “We do know that Islamic extremists with ties to al-Qa’ida participated in the attack.”  . . . . . .  State department spokesperson Victoria Nuland is directly implicated, and the fingerprints of senior White House aides Ben Rhodes and Jay Carney are there as well.

Editor's notes:  Proof that the major media has finally come alive on the Benghazi issue,  is found in the Friday press conference,  an hour long ordeal that was contentious and full of difficult-to-answer questions for Jay Carney.   

Also, CNN’s Erin Burnett lead her afternoon broadcast (4 pm pacific time) with a 12 minute review of the press conference and the shameful attempt to keep secret,  the violent complicity of the Libyan Jihadist community in the deaths of our four diplomats.  

As is usually the case in such matters,  it is not the “crime” that gets politicians in trouble,  but their feckless ability to cover-up.  That is what defeated Nixon.  Perhaps Obama will face the same fate.  We can only hope for the best,  on this one.