This isn't just Obama. This is the new form of management. It is control-the-message-at-all-costs and treat-the-plebes-like-the-animals-they-are.

It's happening in corporations, politics, colleges/universities, etc. It has been in place for some time, but not to the extent that it is now. It's continued pervasiveness into our culture is likely one of the root cause of so much that is problematic in these institutions today.