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Increasingly, Bush escapes the media pack
msnbc - washington post ^
| Aug 12, 2006
| Peter Baker
Posted on 08/12/2006 10:59:32 AM PDT by Mo1
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To: DTogo
I've also noticed that without Scott McClellan to beat up on, the daily Press briefings have all but disappeared from the headlines and TV. I've noticed that too.
Snow should have gotten the job when Fleischer stepped down.
To: Cobra64
To: Mo1
Bush had left his ranch vacation and jetted north for a scheduled closed-door fundraiser. Fundraisers, peace talks, coordinating with Blair about terrorism, holding meetings with Condi, teleconferences...
Some vacation!!
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posted on
08/12/2006 11:31:22 AM PDT
by
airborne
(Fecal matter is en route to fan! Contact is imminent!)
To: Mo1
Re:
The idea that Bush could travel across the country without a full contingent of reporters, especially in the middle of a war, highlights a major cultural shift in the presidency and the news media. Uuuuuhh please . . what a bunch of BS.
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posted on
08/12/2006 11:33:31 AM PDT
by
ChadGore
(VISUALIZE 62,041,268 Bush fans. We Vote.)
To: Mo1
Re:
The idea that Bush could travel across the country without a full contingent of reporters, especially in the middle of a war, highlights a major cultural shift in the presidency and the news media. Uuuuuhh please . . what a bunch of BS.
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posted on
08/12/2006 11:34:11 AM PDT
by
ChadGore
(VISUALIZE 62,041,268 Bush fans. We Vote.)
To: Mo1
Yeah, unlike B.J. Clinton who basked in all the press' adoration and wouldn't separate himself from cameras - just like a rock star.
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posted on
08/12/2006 11:35:49 AM PDT
by
Humidston
(Congress is like the Mafia - NO PAY, NO PLAY.)
To: Mo1
""He is the president. He is traveling at government expense. . . . We should be in there to hear what he has to say."
Nope.
White House Press Corps is not mentioned in any Constitution that I know of.
The drive-by's as usual, are full of puffery and an overinflated sense of their own importance
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posted on
08/12/2006 11:38:02 AM PDT
by
Jameison
To: Mo1
Maybe he does not want the MSM knowing where he will be for security reasons.It would not do anything for his safety if his whereabouts keeps appearing on the front page of the newspapers.He does not like bulls eyes on his back.
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posted on
08/12/2006 11:40:40 AM PDT
by
xarmydog
To: Mo1
with escalating costs for the strapped news media Let's see. CBS just got Katie Couric for $15 million a year. If she does 200 broadcasts, that means she's getting $75,000 per half hour CBS newscast. Finding the salaries of other top anchors is difficult, but the "star" system might be a reason the news media is strapped for cash.
Tom Brady makes $15 million, but he HAS won three Super Bowls. BTW, talk about a bargain, Brady made $315,000 the year he took the Patriots to their first winning Super Bowl.
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posted on
08/12/2006 11:40:43 AM PDT
by
Richard Kimball
(The most important thing is sincerity. Once you can fake that, everything else is easy.)
To: calex59
I don't remember anything in the constitution that requires the President to have any reporters tagging along after him where ever he goes! The President is required by law to address the representatives of the people in the person of the House and the Senate from time to time on the State of the Union.
Strangely enough the media was not included in Article two section three.
Other then this he is not required Constitutionally to say a word to anyone.
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posted on
08/12/2006 11:40:50 AM PDT
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
(A propensity to hope and joy is real riches; one to fear and sorrow, real poverty)
To: Mo1
Remember: It isn't real news if it doesn't come from the MSM.
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posted on
08/12/2006 11:46:53 AM PDT
by
clintonh8r
(To err is human; to forgive, divine. Neither is Marine Corps policy.)
To: Mo1
'All politics is local.'The DC press pool can go shove it.
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posted on
08/12/2006 11:48:48 AM PDT
by
VRWC For Truth
(What's good for terrorists is good for the left. The enemy of their enemy is their friend.)
To: Mo1
The terrorists and their media supporters should coordinate their activities better, then things like this wouldn't happen.
To: DTogo
He really is excellent in shutting up these windbags
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posted on
08/12/2006 11:55:13 AM PDT
by
italianquaker
(Democrats and media can't win elections at least they can win their phony polls.)
To: <1/1,000,000th%
well ask the terrorist that after a ny slimes headline
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posted on
08/12/2006 11:57:56 AM PDT
by
italianquaker
(Democrats and media can't win elections at least they can win their phony polls.)
To: Mo1
Reflection of the times, indeed...
The MSM are irrelevant...
To: Harmless Teddy Bear
Agreed! Those so-called journalists are just whining lefty crybabies. But let's just add this to the Left's list of imaginary Constitutional "rights";)
To: Mo1
Sounds like the northeastern newsies are a little ticked about being left behind in the Tejas heat instead of being brought along to the land of cheese.
Hey, I played golf today not far from NASA (Clear Lake/ Laporte, TX)... very hot and steamy... even with the 7:40 am tee time.
What did I shoot you ask? The low 120s... golf's not my game as you can tell... but I had fun. ;-)
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posted on
08/12/2006 12:37:12 PM PDT
by
Trajan88
(www.bullittclub.com)
To: Mo1
The idea that Bush could travel across the country without a full contingent of reporters, especially in the middle of a war, highlights a major cultural shift in the presidency and the news media.Somebody call the waaaammmmbulance! It does seem that, with journalists, it's all about THEM sometimes.
It doesn't matter WHO is with the President, or where he is. If he can get face time on the TV to give the American people some info on the situation, that's fine with me. I don't watch daytime TV, or even have it on most days, so I wouldn't have noticed anyway.
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posted on
08/12/2006 6:07:48 PM PDT
by
SuziQ
To: Mo1
Press gaggle...
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posted on
08/12/2006 8:25:29 PM PDT
by
Liberty Valance
(Keep a simple manner for a happy life)
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