3 Anchors to Follow Obama's Trek Abroad

washingtonpost.com ^ | 7/17/2008 | Howard Kurtz

[AmusedBystander]

The three network anchors will travel to Europe and the Middle East next week for Barack Obama's trip, adding their high-wattage spotlight to what is already shaping up as a major media extravaganza.

Lured by an offer of interviews with the Democratic presidential candidate, Brian Williams, Charlie Gibson and Katie Couric will make the overseas trek, meaning that the NBC, ABC and CBS evening newscasts will originate from stops along the route and undoubtedly give it big play.

[AmusedBystander]

Quite a contrast to the low-key coverage of Republican John McCain’s European and Middle East trip in March, Democrat Barack Obama will be accompanied next week by a campaign plane of reporters and trailed by three network broadcast anchors on his five-country European and Middle Eastern tour.

[EyeGuy]

“3 Anchors to Follow Obama’s Trek Abroad”

2 to kiss each ass cheek, and the third.....?

[weegee]

So the 3 kings are going to follow a star in the far East?

[weegee]

You have to ask?

[devere]

Does anyone watch their shows any more? I certainly do not.

[linn37]

Thats nice,embedded reporters for Obama. Whats next his own daily talk show?

[Sacajaweau]

Obama is going to come back "likened to General Patton"...like he's even worthy to utter his name.

How come Obama sat on his butt for a couple of years...doing coke...instead of volunteering for the Peace Corps...or learning Spanish.

[roses of sharon]

[1rudeboy]

Remember, even Hillary! didn’t receive this kind of attention.

[polymuser]

The ObaMod Squad.

[EyeGuy]

“How come Obama sat on his butt for a couple of years...doing coke...instead of volunteering for the Peace Corps...”

Because he’s....ahem....typical?

[bmwcyle]

Close the boarders now.

[Coffee200am]

[SueRae]

sidesplitting...you’re killing me :-)

[avacado]

"All aboard the Obama Media Wagon!"

[winner3000]

The next logical step is to have those anchors read from a text prepared by Obama himself. Oh wait, that’s actually not that far from what is already happening.

[MHGinTN]

A Chrissy Matthews doctor visit! So right on the money for the obsequious bastards in the DNC propaganda networks.

[avacado]

"Does anyone watch their shows any more?"

These people do!

[MHGinTN]

The quivering network press corps! How did you get the shot without the cover garb?

[Eric in the Ozarks]

This is laughable.

[SECURE AMERICA]

Wow an admission by Obama and the Major Networks that the surge worked and America is winning the terrorist war in Iraq.
There is no way that these 3 talking faces from the networks would be anywhere near Iraq if it was not relatively safe.
For that matter neither would Obama.......

[Skooz]

I’ve been watching politics for a long time — since before Nixon’s election.

As fawning as the media’s reporting on Dukakis, Gore and Kerry was, it is nothing compared to their grovelling for Obama.

This is worship.

[Just another Joe]

2 to kiss each ass cheek, and the third.....?

Well, we, at least, have a good idea where Katy will be.

[MHGinTN]

Doing a colonoscopy?

[johnnycap]

You know, if Barack isn’t careful, this whole trip could backfire...thousands of adoring Arabs, Israelis protesting in the streets, a gaff here, a gaff there...Kati acting stupid. Before you know it, it’s like a political “Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure”!

[Just another Joe]

Doing a colonoscopy?

From the front?

[jimfree]

Fred Grandy on WMAL this a.m. said something to the effect of “They are nolonger the ‘big three’ - they’re a backup group. It’s Barack Obama and Dawn.”

[pabianice]

A bald-faced set of campaign commercials for Obama thinly disguised as “news.” McCain should demand the FEC make the networks give him equal time.

[roses of sharon]

The MSM/Hollywood/Academia are a political porn cartel, they are corrupt and should be discredited and defeated.

One by one, “reporter” by “reporter”, corp by corp, their reputations and livelihoods ruined, forever.

Their families and businesses destroyed, just as they have done to their enemies (and our friends), with impunity, for decade upon decade.

It is past time for payback, for retribution.

[rawhide]

Hmmm, and why did they not do this when McCain went abroad? They are all biased in favor of Democrats. So McCain has to not only fight Obama, but each of the msm media shows.

[MHGinTN]

She will have her head so far up his butt, she might as well do something useful while in there. Chrissy Matthews seems to be the one digging for the frontal ‘assault’ as the quiver runs up his leg.

[ItsForTheChildren]

"3 Anchors"

I can't think of a better description.

[engrpat]

[pj_627]

Hillarious ..... and accurate.

pattyjo

[pj_627]

“So McCain has to not only fight Obama, but each of the msm media shows.”

Yep....and this is how it’s gonna be, right up to election day. They treat Obama, now, as if he is President-Elect Obama. McCain is just an annoying insect to them.

pattyjo

[DGHoodini]

Members of the Press? Bah!

They’re going as Obama Press Secretaries.

[commonguymd]

Good one.

[kellynla]

Larry, Moe & Curley...