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‘Aloof,’ ‘cocky,’ ‘stingy’: Team Obama meets the press

Feb. 19, 2013 8:22am Eddie Scarry

From Politico‘s story today on the increasingly distant relationship between President Obama and the national press:

Conservatives assume a cozy relationship between this White House and the reporters who cover it. Wrong. Many reporters find Obama himself strangely fearful of talking with them and often aloof and cocky when he does. They find his staff needlessly stingy with information and thin-skinned about any tough coverage. He gets more-favorable-than-not coverage because many staffers are fearful of talking to reporters, even anonymously, and some reporters inevitably worry access or the chance of a presidential interview will decrease if they get in the face of this White House. …

While White House officials deny it is intentional, this administration —like its predecessors — does some good old-fashioned bullying of reporters: making clear there will be no interviews, or even questions at press conferences, if aides are displeased with their coverage.

On Sunday evening the White House Correspondents’ Association released a statement that many of its members were upset with the lack of access they had to Obama during his Florida vacation over the weekend. The next day… on the way back to Washington, Obama chatted with pool reporters for 10 minutes while aboard Air Force One. The chat was off the record, according to the White House pool report by the Washington Post’s Scott Wilson.

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rayblay
Posted on February 19, 2013 at 9:47am
All you anti Obama people are doing Obama a favor–You have made the GOP a has been party-Take your credit–You have blamed Obama for the titanic sinking-You have even blamed him for there being a God.. You have blamed him for World War one–You have blamed him for the Black Sox scandal–After looking at all the crap you and the silly Republican party I have concluded that this all about race-And dont give that crap about crying race bateing–You know dam well its because he has black blood on his side–Well now you dam losers have Rubio trying to win over minorties lol–You are a little bit late–The ship has sunk–The GOP will never win a national election again–The majority is now the minority..All you Rush Limbaughs and Glenn Becks have led you to defeat–After Obama Hil;lary will waltz into the whitehouse–You tried to stop peop[le of color from voting–Well you tried–But it didnt work lol–Shame on you so called patritoc people–You are all losers–It didnt work did it? Birthers–Tea Partys-Votring-Calling him Hitler–You called him every thing but right-Thats all she wrote..Its all over now–Even Fox so called news could not stop Obama- So in conclusion–Eat crow all you losers-Email me if you have the guts–The GOP means GRAND OLD Pxxxxx..Washed up–Through. Crying-Never again to be called THE WINNER–How does it feel? Does not feel good does it?OBAMA IS THE WINNER–I repeat–THE WINNER–THE WINNER

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- Orpheus75
  Posted on February 19, 2013 at 11:25am
  Dude, you realy should eat breakfast in the mornings. The lack of nutrition to the brain has really messed you up.
  
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- jpward001
  Posted on February 19, 2013 at 6:45pm
  he may have been the winner but you will be the loser.
  
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