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Political Animal — ... Street Journal -- and the rest of the media -- would be full of stories about Obama deliberately undermining Fitzgerald's investigation. They'd be speculating breathlessly about why Obama would undermine the investigation, and claiming that it proves he has something to hide. And that's the entire point of Weisman's article -- that Obama could have blown off Fitzgerald's request. NBC Washington bureau chief Mark Whitaker insisted this morning that reporters covering Obama are " going to have to get tougher ." At this point, I'd settle for smarter.— ...

"Let Me Just Cut You Off, Because I Don't Want You To Waste Your Question"
The Corner on National Review Online — ... That's what Barack Obama said today when John McCormick of the Chicago Tribune tried to ask about Rahm Emanuel's contacts with the Blagojevich team. Obama said, "It would be inappropriate for me to comment and I don't want to get into the details at this point." So a short time later, McCormick came up with a more acceptable question. "Do you or [Secretary of Education-designate Arne Duncan] have a better jump shot?" The whole thing had a "Saturday Night Live" feel to it. From Michael Calderone at Politico: The interaction with McCormick stood out from previous meetings ...

Corporate media says it needs to get tougher on Obama
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth — When did they ever once say that about Bush? NBC Washington bureau chief Mark Whitaker said that reporters have not been aggressive enough during Obama's post-election pressers. "Our job is to hold him to account," Whitaker said, adding that he thinks "we're going to have to get tougher." Newsweek's Jonathan Alter followed up: "We need the Sam Donaldsons of the world."Actually, we needed all of you two wars, an economy, and a Constitution ago. ...

And when Jeb Bush becomes president, he'll get a free pass because the press will decide they were too tough on Obama
Brilliant at Breakfast — ... So we have an Administration that lied us into a war, authorized war crimes that have been illegal for decades, and ruined the economy. And because the press was so in love with the flight suit and the codpiece, they gave this bunch of criminals a free pass. And now Barack Obama has to pay: ...

Video: Obama starting to get testy at media’s questions about Blago
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... , looks like this scene might have jarred something loose in the press corps because reporters were talking tough afterwards. Good work, boys — you’re only ...

Obama Still Avoiding Uncomfortable Questions on Blagojevich
Stop The ACLU — Its fun to watch Obama squirm. I wonder how much worse his stutter would be if crap really hit the fan! Obama really screwed up on his reaction to this entire scandal. It certainly makes me wonder what he is hiding. It amazes me that the media are actually asking tough questions. Well, they aren’t really that tough, just inconvenient for Obama. It doesn’t really matter though, cuz he didn’t answer it anyway. During today’s press conference, President-elect Baracj Obama brushed off a question from Chicago Tribune reporter John McCormick about the Blagojevich scandal, and what ...

From the "Sez who?" file.
Upper Left — NBC Washington bureau chief Mark Whitaker on the President=elect... "Our job is to hold him to account."So, whose job is it to report the news, then? I always thought the accountability piece belonged to the voters.

Man Bites Dog
RedState: Conservative News and Community — Or something like that–journalists realize that they actually have to be tough on Obama. Better late than never, I suppose. But they should have realized this during the campaign. Oh, and speaking of which . . . It’s fun watching reality dawn on these people. ...

Obama Lectures Reporter: 'Don't Waste Your Question' on Blago
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias — ... But in the Bush years, reporters didn’t give Bush a two-week window to determine whether he was stiff-arming the press. Surprisingly, someone was standing up for the idea of maintaining the press’s role to ask uncomfortable questions. Michael Calderone of Politico quickly noticed NBC Washington bureau chief Mark Whitaker said that reporters have not been aggressive enough during Obama's post-election pressers. "Our job is to hold him to account," Whitaker said, adding that he thinks "we're going to have to get tougher." Newsweek's Jonathan ...

"With anything but a servant's heart"
sisu — ... Contrast Obama's testy attempt to shut down the debate about his possible involvement in Blagogate when he warned a reporter who came too close to  the truth "I don't want you to waste your question." It's the authenticity, stupid. ...