Reid Cherlin http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/25072/all en Laugh of the Week: ‘Barack Obama Never Had Reporters Eating Out of His Hand’ http://archive2.mrc.org/biasalerts/laugh-week-barack-obama-never-had-reporters-eating-out-his-hand <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/brent-baker">Brent Baker</a> </div> </div> </div> <p><img src="http://newsbusters.org/sites/default/files/2013/ReidCherlin-MSNBC-2014-08-06.jpg" style="width: 280px; height: 158px; float: right; margin-left: 3px; margin-right: 3px;" /> Reid Cherlin, an Assistant Press Secretary during the first two years plus of the Obama administration, managed to deliver two laugh-worthy howlers in a piece for <em>Rolling Stone </em>posted this past Monday:</p><blockquote><p>&gt; “Barack Obama never had reporters eating out of his hand the way that right-wingers love to allege.”<br /> <br /> &gt; “I...believe he’ll be remembered as an excellent President.”</p></blockquote> <div class='signature'><p>— Brent Baker is the Steven P.J. Wood Senior Fellow and Vice President for Research and Publications at the Media Research Center. <a href="http://www.twitter.com/brenthbaker" target="_blank">Follow Brent Baker on Twitter.</a></p></div><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/biasalerts/laugh-week-barack-obama-never-had-reporters-eating-out-his-hand" target="_blank">read more</a></p> BiasAlerts News Analysis Division Media Bias Debate Obama Watch Reid Cherlin Rolling Stone Sun, 10 Aug 2014 05:15:52 +0000 brent.baker 46896 at http://archive2.mrc.org