Shady Posted April 14, 2010 Report Share Posted April 14, 2010 Obama's disregard for media reaches new heights World leaders arriving in Washington for President Obama's Nuclear Security Summit must have felt for a moment that they had instead been transported to Soviet-era Moscow. ... The only part of the summit, other than a post-meeting news conference, that was visible to the public was Obama's eight-minute opening statement, which ended with the words: "I'm going to ask that we take a few moments to allow the press to exit before our first session." ... Yasmeen Alamiri from the Saudi Press Agency got this lesson in press freedom when trying to cover Obama's opening remarks as part of that limited pool: "The foreign reporters/cameramen were escorted out in under two minutes, just as the leaders were about to begin, and Obama was going to make remarks. . . . Sorry, it is what it is." ... The Press Trust of India, at Obama's meeting with the Pakistani prime minister, reported, "In less than a minute, the pool was asked to leave." The Yomiuri Shimbun correspondent found that she was "ushered out about 30 seconds" after arriving for Obama's meeting with the Malaysian prime minister. A reporter with Turkey's TRT-Turk went to Obama's meeting with the president of Armenia, but "we had to leave the room again after less than 40 seconds." ... Obama's official schedule for Tuesday would have pleased China's Central Committee. Excerpts: "The President will attend the Heads of Delegation working lunch. This lunch is closed press. . . . The President will meet with Prime Minster Erdogan of Turkey. This meeting is closed press. . . . The President will attend Plenary Session II of the Nuclear Security Summit. This session is closed press." The Washington Post Not to mention that Obama hasn't held a formal press conference for 268 days. Which is 53 days longer than President Bush ever went. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bush_cheney2004 Posted April 14, 2010 Report Share Posted April 14, 2010 Shades of VP Cheney's National Energy Policy Development Group (2001)....bye bye press! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
punked Posted April 14, 2010 Report Share Posted April 14, 2010 He had a press conference yesterday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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