The New York Times notes that after six months in office, "perhaps no other president has been more attuned to, or done more to dominate, the news cycle he disparages. Mr. Obama has given roughly three times as many interviews as George W. Bush and held four times as many prime-time news conferences as Bill Clinton had by comparable points in their terms."
"The all-Obama, all-the-time carpet bombing of the news media represents a strategy by a White House seeking to deploy its most effective asset in service of its goals, none more critical now than health care legislation. But longtime Washington hands warn that saturation coverage can diminish the power of his voice and lose public attention."
I don't know about you, but I don't have too much of a problem with the fact that the President likes to talk to us.
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Agreed, although I think they are right about "using the pulpit so much you become invisible." My big problem with him is that he promoted Ray's Hell Burger, which I really wasn't impressed with...
ReplyDeleteim glad to know that it's not just that the spaniards are head over heels in love with obama (or at least the socialist-leaning newspaper i read) and it's a widespread phenomenon. the man shows up as much on the front page as in the society section throwing baseballs and such.
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