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Obama on Leno: As nation's pain deepens, president plays TV talk-show quipster
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| Contributor | Scott³ |
| Last Edited | Scott³ Oct 26, 2011 09:10pm |
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| Category | Opinion |
| Author | David Zurawik |
| Media | Newspaper - Baltimore Sun |
| News Date | Thursday, October 27, 2011 03:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | "Almost midnight in America ...
As citizens camp out on the streets of American cities to try and express their anger and frustration at the way the country and his administration have failed them, President Obama goes on TV to trade scripted quips with the always-safe Jay Leno.
But first, he hops into San Francisco on Air Force One to pick up a cool million at a campaign fund raiser.
A few months into Obama's presidency, I wrote two things about his media behavior that have only become more pronounced in recent months.
The first: When the going gets tough, the president goes on TV.
The second: The Obama White House has more contempt for the press and less respect for freedom of information and expression than any administration since that of Richard Nixon and Spiro Agnew.
These troubling tendencies have only become more acute as Obama's popularity plummets, the nation's economic woes deepen and the 2012 election draws near.
As for contempt for the press, check out this story from San Francisco Tuesday about local reporters being barred from pool coverage of the $7,500 a plate campaign fund raiser.
When I first compared Obama to Nixon in early 2009 for his lack of respect for the role of a free press in a democracy, I caught holy hell.
Well, now others are saying much the same.
And check out this scripted video exchange about GOP challengers between Obama and his NBC straight man, Leno."
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