Still no announcement on when (or if) President Obama will heed his general's recommendation and send more US troops to Afghanistan but his war against a media outlet is still going strong. Joining the fight in the war of words between the Obama administration and Fox News Channel is ABC's Jake Tapper and the perpetually inept White House press secretary Robert Gibbs. The latest battle occurred during Mr. Gibb's daily briefing on Tuesday:

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Tapper: It's escaped none of our notice that the White House has decided in the last few weeks to declare one of our sister organizations "not a news organization" and to tell the rest of us not to treat them like a news organization. Can you explain why it's appropriate for the White House to decide that a news organization is not one -

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Gibbs: Jake, we render, we render an opinion based on some of their coverage and the fairness that, the fairness of that coverage.

Tapper: But that's a pretty sweeping declaration that they are "not a news organization." How are they any different from, say –

Gibbs: ABC -

Tapper: ABC. MSNBC. Univision. I mean how are they any different?

Gibbs: You and I should watch sometime around 9 o'clock tonight. Or 5 o'clock this afternoon.

Tapper: I'm not talking about their opinion programming or issues you have with certain reports. I'm talking about saying thousands of individuals who work for a media organization, do not work for a "news organization" — why is that appropriate for the White House to say?

Gibbs: That's our opinion. (source)

While it's good to see that another news outlet is picking up on the White House's attempt to marginalize a news outlet, it's disconcerting to see that Mr. Obama's spokesman either doesn't know the difference between opinion and news programming or believes the American people don't and is furthering yet another Obama con game.