Obama promised 5 days before non-emergency legislation for the public to fully read and debate the bills. He has broken this multiple times and he broke it multiple times within his first month in office, which begs the question: "Did he ever even intend on keeping this promise?"
Obama has had less press interviews, allows for less questions, and has had more one on one interviews where he controls the interview than other modern president--
Obama Abolishes the Press Conference | The Blog on Obama: White House Dossier