To the US media whining about wanting a presidential news conference

You will get to ask the president questions when the president decides you will get to ask him questions. Stop acting as if you entitled to this, you are not. The executive branch of the government has a huge operation to provide you with information and they do so every day. They do not have to even do that for you.

it wasn't that long ago the freaking media was whining about too many press conferences ruining their lovely prime time line up.
Screw em!

it is way overdue for a press conference where he answerers questions.

lol, was there a sarcasm tag I missed or something?

I mean, I could go into a lengthy thing here about the press being a vital part of democracy, of the press' being enshrined in the First Amendment, so important did the founding fathers consider it ... but, what'd be the point?

press.

would certainly have a chilling effect on the media. I want a more-open government, not less.

The media should focus on other things and not worry about when the President will talk to them. He will talk to them when it is something important.

:sarcasm: This?

Mussoloni, Stalin, Hitler, all presented themselves as "working for the people," and millions were duped into granting them absolute power.

We are a democracy, and accountability is part of the basic foundation.

And the Press is complaining..Tells more about them than it does Obama.

But I was not criticizing Obama so much as your comments in the post above.

Indeed, as you said, there is only a right to free speech and free press, not a right to access to the president.

When the corporate media decides to start covering the news* fairly, then we can talk.

* "News" of course means NOT Tiger Woods latest sexcapades.

er...i mean obama.

I've noticed it's become one of those words used to universally attack any argument.

Don't like DADT? You're a whiner. Upset about HCR, or the lack of it? Stupid whiner. Think it's not a bad idea for the President of the United States to stand before the press and answer questions more than once in a blue moon? Sit down, shut up and quit whining.

I think people that use the word whining again and again as a way to escape any real dialog are just assholing.

Its the new "USA! USA! USA!"

This is for all those calling others whiners ..

How did you find my baby picture?

:rofl:

I remember seeing this same crap on freerepublic. I thought left leaning people were smarter than this. The president regardless of party line should answer to the public and since the media represents the public he should answer to them.

Whats the point of voting a guy if he's going to stay hidden and do business in secret?

It amazes me how many people are willing to do a 180 and ignore-- or even praise-- acts by Obama that they would've condemned from Bush.

Then they go on to complain about Republican hypocrisy and wonder how they can't see their own double standards. It's almost funny.

The a president is the president, not a dictator or king and BTW, he works for US , and he answers to US.

Why do you think there is a White House Press Corp? Or don't you remember everyone complaining that they weren't tough enough on Bush? Jeez, this is beyond silly and uninformed.The President "owes" us information which we get through the media. That is why people like Helen Thomas and Rachel Maddie and others are important.How else will we know what our employee , the president is doing? The media is part of the Fourth Estate,amid is critical to the olperation of our government.

John Kennedy was a real master of the press conference and he know how important it was to his job.Perhaps if the president understood the art of dealing with the Fourth Estate, Healthcare would have had an easier time.

Do I need to do a time machine search of us complaining when the last President was lax on the press conferences.

He needs to be held accountable every day.

Comes with the job.

Now, they're whining that it's not enough.

Bunch of fickle idiots.

In democracies, they have to be.

You may not like the questions, but questions need to be asked.