Posted on 02/08/2010 7:23:11 AM PST by Cheap_Hessian
Six months ago, network executives were complaining that the White House was costing them tens of millions of dollars by pressing them to carry presidential news conferences in prime time.
Problem solved: President Obama hasn't held a full-scale news conference since July. Instead, he answered a dozen people's questions last week on YouTube, most of them easily finessed and -- extra bonus! -- no annoying follow-ups of the kind posed by real, live journalists.
It would be hard -- impossible, actually -- to argue that Obama hasn't been accessible to the media, not with his constant television interviews. The man has even done color commentary at a Georgetown basketball game. But the decision to bypass the White House press corps is no accident.
"It's a source of great frustration here," says Chip Reid, CBS's White House correspondent. "It's important for us to hold the president's feet to the fire."
NBC White House reporter Chuck Todd calls the situation a "shame," saying the administration is trying to control the message rather than allowing Obama to be seen "unscripted."
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So Chip Reid thinks the press is supposed to hold the presidents feel to the fire huh? I’d say they have failed on every level!
Even useful tools have an expiration date.
The White House press corps is RACIST!
The list, ping
My thought exactly!
He answered a dozen people’s questions last week on YouTube,next he will appear in parking lots to get people to listen to his spam.
Obama has been showing his contempt for the press ever since Inauguration Day. And they’re just noticing? Not one press conference since last July, and they just noticed? Not once party or reception for the press since 0 entered the White House?
They deserve all the contempt they are getting. I think it’s some sort of sado-masochist thing. They like being beaten with whips, evidently.
OMG you nailed it!
The WH press ‘corpse’ needs to put their questions on the teleprompter.
“Let them eat cake!”
He only screws his whores. Not even a kiss.
When are these people going to understand they are sacrificies to Obama?
Where were you for the last 2 years; you JERK!?
Out of all the White House Press Corps, Chip Reid is probably the one reporter who really doesn’t fawn over Obama or this administration. He’s been tough on this White House from day one.
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