Obama Skipping Over Press Corps? (MSM grumbles about lack of WH news conferences)

TV Newser ^ | Jan. 8, 2010 | Kevin Allocca

[Beaten Valve]

WaPo's Howie Kurtz writes about increasing grumblings from the White House press corps over the lack of presidential news conferences in recent months:

"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."

While the White House argues that there has been no shortage of appearances by the president on television and in print, some White House correspondents argue that they haven't had the opportunity to ask the president specific questions about a wide-range of topics.

[Gene Eric]

Skipping over Press what?

[Star Traveler]

Listen to an interview of a White House press correspondent on that very thing... here...

February 6, 2010 - Hour 1
White House correspondent Bill Koenig gives another update from Washington, reviews Obama's first year in office, talks about both dramatic domestic and international issues, the predicted terror strike by summer, and reminds listeners that the Bible is playing out as scripted. Koenig always presents the very latest news with an insider's touch. We recommend his weekly e-newsletter, Koenig's Eye-View from the White House.
www.watch.org

[left that other site]

OMG! You are FUNNY! What a perfect response to my post! hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

[Personal Responsibility]

the administration is trying to control the message rather than allowing Obama to be seen "unscripted."

Strict survivalist move by the Obama admin. Every time they allow him to be "unscripted" his true leftist idealogism shows. If they let the message go out unscripted all the time, Obama will be impeached within a year after the 2010 elections. They have to try and manage the message to survive.

[Vendome]

What?!

Are you kidding me? This B grade actor is on TV everyday for the last year and sometimes twice.

[Beaten Valve]

“Pressholes”

LMFAO!!

[Vendome]

I think guy is dead weight and they aren’t going carry him anymore.

Popcorn!

[Vendome]

Maybe he’s pressed for time?

[Vendome]

Press Corpse = Dead Silence

[Vendome]

As it is written.....

LOL

[freekitty]

Ah, they are learning they are just sacrificies.

[Enchante]

aw shucks, I swear that also occurred to me the instant I saw this headline..... ah, great minds on FR

my new tagline also occured to me before I saw any posts on the thread :^)

[SunkenCiv]

Late for a golf game?

[scan59]

"It's important for us to hold the president's feet to the fire."

So they want to torture Obama to get information out of him? (I've read up on the ancient and not so ancient practice of torturing POWs to get information out of them by tieing them up and putting their feet in the fire. Really, really horrible. Now it bugs me to no end hearing managers, etc. using this phrase to "motivate" people.)

[Baladas]

I think they share the same birthday, though.

[left that other site]

I think they share the same birthday, though.

August 4? Eyew. That is also MY Wedding Anniversary.

[TYVets]

“Let them eat cake”

[Vendome]

Most Likely

[omega4179]

Hah you beat me to it. Hannity just asked if its called the press corpse.

[thulldud]

Press Corpse.

I know somebody who ought to see this one. (Pinging abb!)