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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 722121" data-attributes="member: 12952"><p><strong>Why reporters are down on President Obama</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p> <a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1108/15985.html" target="_blank">Reporters</a> say the White House is thin-skinned, controlling, eager to go over their heads and <a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0109/17833.html" target="_blank">stingy with even basic information</a>. All White Houses try to control the message. But this White House has pledged to be more open than its predecessors, and reporters feel it doesn’t live up to that pledge in several key areas: </p><p> </p><p> — Day-to-day interaction with Obama is almost nonexistent, and he talks to the press corps far less often than Bill Clinton or even George W. Bush did. Clinton took questions nearly every weekday, on average. Obama barely does it once a week. </p><p> </p><p> — The ferocity of pushback is intense. A routine press query can draw a string of vitriolic e-mails. A negative story can draw a profane high-decibel phone call or worse. Some reporters feel like they’ve been frozen out after crossing the White House. </p><p> </p><p> — Except toward a few reporters, <a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0409/21695.html" target="_blank">press secretary Robert Gibbs</a> can be distant and difficult to reach — even though his job is to be one of the main conduits from president to press. “It’s an odd White House where it’s easier to get the White House chief of staff on the phone than the White House press secretary,” one top reporter said. </p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000">Read more: <a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0410/36454.html#ixzz0mSUaNj3M" target="_blank">http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0410/36454.html#ixzz0mSUaNj3M</a></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 722121, member: 12952"] [B]Why reporters are down on President Obama[/B] [URL="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1108/15985.html"]Reporters[/URL] say the White House is thin-skinned, controlling, eager to go over their heads and [URL="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0109/17833.html"]stingy with even basic information[/URL]. All White Houses try to control the message. But this White House has pledged to be more open than its predecessors, and reporters feel it doesn’t live up to that pledge in several key areas: — Day-to-day interaction with Obama is almost nonexistent, and he talks to the press corps far less often than Bill Clinton or even George W. Bush did. Clinton took questions nearly every weekday, on average. Obama barely does it once a week. — The ferocity of pushback is intense. A routine press query can draw a string of vitriolic e-mails. A negative story can draw a profane high-decibel phone call or worse. Some reporters feel like they’ve been frozen out after crossing the White House. — Except toward a few reporters, [URL="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0409/21695.html"]press secretary Robert Gibbs[/URL] can be distant and difficult to reach — even though his job is to be one of the main conduits from president to press. “It’s an odd White House where it’s easier to get the White House chief of staff on the phone than the White House press secretary,” one top reporter said. [LEFT][COLOR=#000000] Read more: [URL]http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0410/36454.html#ixzz0mSUaNj3M[/URL] [/COLOR][/LEFT] [/QUOTE]
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