Posted on 05/16/2010 7:57:36 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
WASHINGTON -- In the days after an oil rig exploded last month in the Gulf of Mexico, the White House faced not only a looming environmental catastrophe but also a potential public relations disaster.
Aides feared a story line would take hold that President Barack Obama had responded too slowly to the spreading oil slick, damaging him politically much as the slow federal response to Hurricane Katrina in 2005 discredited former President George W. Bush.
So while the federal government began reacting to the spreading oil, the White House message machine swung into action.
Within hours, it was cranking out a sustained barrage across the broad spectrum of modern communications - statements, reports, e-mails, tweets, photos and videos - all punctuated by a high-profile presidential visit to the Gulf followed by an incendiary speech at the White House and a video recap with exclusive behind-the-scenes views of Obama in "West Wing Week," the White House's new online program at www.whitehouse.gov.
Whether it's Obama sitting with one reporter or a statement sent via Twitter, nothing happens by accident. The White House message machinery is a crucial element of the ever-expanding presidency. Like his recent predecessors, Obama uses it to shape public opinion, drive the news media's agenda and minimize political blowback.
The White House bureaucracy devoted to managing public imagery has been growing ever since President Richard Nixon created the first office devoted to broad communications strategy in 1969. Obama's version uses a blend of old and new techniques and technology in an effort to cut through a polarized partisan landscape and a dizzying array of modern mass media that abbreviate attention spans and fracture public attention.
(Excerpt) Read more at miamiherald.com ...
Polishing the image...but you ought to read it.
PING.
Will do when I have time——but as Rush says-—all they have is rhetoric, they possess no actual knowledge or expertise.
My favorite example was the “Presidential Edict” yesterday that no one is allowed to take time off until the problem is solved. I fully expect one tomorrow to the effect that any leak fix has to reduce the flow of oil.
This is for the masses who hang on his every word.
bttt
The list, ping
How much did they donate to Obama’s campaign and why did they get a pass on safety inspections?
indeed it is
What hearing?
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U.S. exempted BP's Gulf of Mexico drilling from environmental impact study
It wasn’t the hurricane nor the Federal response to it that smeared President Bush, it was the media who failed to place blame where it really belonged. The media are still the problem. Now they’re covering for barry-o
MONDAY: President will sign 'Freedom of Press Act'
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Drudge Report ^ | 5-16-10 | Breaking on Drudge
Posted on Sun 16 May 2010 06:49:09 PM PST by Las Vegas Ron
MONDAY: President will sign 'Freedom of Press Act' in Oval Office. The signing will be pooled press... Developing...
Bammie is illustrating once again he is not about solving problems but about exploiting any and all crisis for his own agenda.
Achilles heel.....?
I thought I heard of one happening today but can't find a thing about it anywhere.
So sorry if that was false information.
We certainly need one.
ANYTHING that comes out the mouths of mac daddies plantation slaves is a waste of time even pretending that there is any truth involved.
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