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Well what a shock. The useful idiots who put this fool in power and helped re elect him are cast to the side like the cheap tramps they are and now are crying about it. Dear leader has his own propaganda wing up and running and doesn't need their help anymore.
"At the same time, it is limiting press access in ways that past administrations wouldn’t have dared, and the president is answering to the public in more controlled settings than his predecessors. It’s raising new questions about what’s lost when the White House tries to make an end run around the media, functioning, in effect, as its own news agency.
Mike McCurry, who served as press secretary to President Bill Clinton, sees an inclination by the Obama White House to “self-publish,” coupled with tactics “I never would have dreamed of in terms of restricting access” for independent news organizations.
“What gets lost are those revealing moments when the president’s held accountable by the representatives of the public who are there in the form of the media,” says McCurry.
Obama himself took note of complaints about limited access in his jokes last month at the Gridiron dinner, an annual event where political leaders, journalists and media executives poke fun at one another.
“Some of you have said that I’m ignoring the Washington press corps, that we’re too controlling,” Obama said. “You know what, you were right. I was wrong and I want to apologize — in a video you can watch exclusively at whitehouse.gov.”
Heck I figured that one out in 2008 when he was on his campaign tour customizing his speeches to the specific demographic he was addressing. He customized his promises to each group.
An activist is always an activist and he has a damn good staff that makes sure of it.
Let me know when he starts putting former prostitutes (beg pardon, "escorts") in as plants in the press pool, to ensure suitably soft-ball questions. Or is this one of those threads where comparisons with other Presidents is disallowed? So hard to know these days.
(Also, there's a difference between CBS and AP, but once the spittle is flying, that may be a tad too subtle of a distinction.)
Let me know when he starts putting former prostitutes (beg pardon, "escorts") in as plants in the press pool, to ensure suitably soft-ball questions. Or is this one of those threads where comparisons with other Presidents is disallowed? So hard to know these days.
(Also, there's a difference between CBS and AP, but once the spittle is flying, that may be a tad too subtle of a distinction.)
Comparisons are allowed, they're just obvious deflection. Deflection is the tool of a partisan hack with nothing useful to say.
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