White House controlling its own news coverage

Almost on a daily basis the media shows some announcement by his office or an interview or speech by Mr. Obama.

As one Lucianne commenter wrote:

One can hardly turn on the TV without Obama’a face coming at you & a breathless reporter giving you all the details.

The press makes little effort to maintain neutrality thereby losing what little credibility they once had. They are quickly becoming little more than shills for Barack Obama.

However, many of them may be out of work soon as the White House is beginning to do its own media coverage of Mr. Obama.

As reported at the link below, the Obama White House has begun covering its own stories complete with cuts, interviews and chyrons identifying who's speaking, etc.

This is just the evolution of a president making the leap from controlling or producing the message on the campaign trail to taking those methods to the White House, says Villanova University political scientist Lara Brown.

A president usually can’t hide or stage the news forever because the public starts to wonder why he isn’t answering difficult questions or is always posing as an action-hero, says Villanova’s Brown.

The Obama administration is fostering an illusion that (it is) accessible to the public and that his presidency is more transparent than any in history,” she warns.

So far, Obama has found a way to do both things – control the message and appear accessible – which, in effect, has helped to put the Washington media out of business.

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