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NBC's Today: 'Feisty' Obama Gave Republicans 'A Pretty Good Tongue Lashing'

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 19:46:00 +0000

Kyle Drennen

At the top of Thursday's NBC Today, co-host Ann Curry proclaimed: "President Obama calls out Congress to strike a deficit reduction deal during a feisty news conference." Moments later, fellow co-host Matt Lauer added that the President "gave Congress a pretty good tongue lashing on Wednesday."

Sen. DeMint Fires Back at Obama: 'President Obama has Lowered the Discourse'

admin — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 03:40:38 +0000

Jeff Poor

“Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it and polarize it.”

HuffPost's Nico Pitney No "Administration Plant," But Jeff Gannon Was

admin — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:02:00 +0000

Peter Baker on the Nico Pitney planted question controversy: "Here is the dirty little secret about White House news conferences: The president almost always knows the questions in advance. But here is the rest of that secret: That is not because White House officials are planting questions or reporters are colluding with them." But that's just what the Times implied during its hostile coverage of pro-Bush reporter Jeff Gannon in 2005.

Clay Waters

The New York Times' Peter Baker posted a semi-defense Thursday of Barack Obama for pre-arranging a question from a blogger for the liberal Huffington Post website at his Tuesday White House press conference. The White House gave Nico Pitney, who has been monitoring Internet traffic from protestors in Iran, a heads-up the night before that he might be called upon.

The Obamathon Continues

admin — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 18:50:32 +0000

Matt Philbin

It’s official. With Tuesday’s press conference, the Obama Administration has become the longest running telethon in American history.

Just when you think the president couldn’t possibly go back on stage, there he is again, explaining all the wonderful things he can do with your money. In the best tradition of celebrity philanthropists, he’s giving his time, his face and his teleprompter skills to a cause that means a lot to him.

As the Times Turns: Obama "More Enervating Than Energizing"

admin — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 17:51:00 +0000

The Times holds the hagiography in its coverage of Obama's "professor-in-chief" prime-time press conference.

Clay Waters

Does it qualify as newsworthy that the Times didn't actually fawn over Barack Obama's hour-long prime-time press conference on Tuesday night? Wednesday's lead story by Peter Baker and Adam Nagourney, "Obama Tries to Rally Nation To His Agenda" claimed Obama's professorial tone was "more enervating than energizing" and suggested his agenda was in danger of being compromised by rebellion in his own party.

Stolberg: Bush to Blame for Not Playing Nice With Media

admin — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 15:04:00 +0000

Reporter Sheryl Gay Stolberg on George W. Bush: "If he had engaged the press throughout his administration and used the press to his advantage, he would not find himself at the end of his presidency in a situation where he couldn't even come back for a simple photograph."

Clay Waters

George W. Bush's biggest fault? Refusing to play ball with White House press corps. That's the inference from Times' White House reporter Sheryl Gay Stolberg, who appeared on Charlie Rose Monday to discuss Bush's last press conference, alongside political author Robert Draper and Newsweek editor Jon Meacham.