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Surprise: Crowd cheers for Obama at Washington Post building
Hot Air » Top Picks —
... From today’s pool report . Sounds like a dinner party at George Will’s house. After three and a half hours at his transition office, PEOTUS obama took another 6 minute ride through washington, arriving at 157 pm at the nondescript soviet-style building at 15th and L street that houses the washington post. Around 100 people–Post reporters perhaps?–awaited PEOTUS’s arrival, cheering and bobbing their coffee cups. Pool is holding in a van outside, while Mr obama does his washington post interview, and will exercise enormous restraint by ending report before saying what really ...
WaPo: Cheering When Obama Visits
PoliGazette —
... It is almost impossible to imagine, but those writing for and working at the Washington Post dropped the masque journalists should wear, when President-Elect Barack Obama came to pay a visit to the newspaper’s headquarters. Instead of treating him like yet another politician, they waited outside for him and started cheering when he arrived. ...
Swooning WaPo cheers Savior-in-Chief: “There goes our journalistic objectivity”
Michelle Malkin —
[image] In the tank. No reports of fainting, ogling, or drooling yet, but I will bet you there are cheering followers in the WaPo building who will not wash their hands for a week after greeting the Savior-in-Chief. ...
The Obama swoon at the Post’s HQ
Hot Air » Top Picks —
... tries his best to give his colleagues a break in his reporting on Barack Obama’s visit to the offices of the Washington Post. He disputes the New York Times’ reporting that Obama was met by cheers in the newsroom, and adds a bit of snark towards Helene Cooper near the end. Despite himself, Kurtz winds up painting a picture of … well, gushing reverence: Note to media-bashers: There was no ovation. Many people were angling to see Obama up close, but the most excited newsroom staffers appeared to be non-journalists, including one clerical employee who was heard to shriek that ...
President-elect Obama checks in with his base
Power Line —
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Gates of Vienna News Feed 1/16/2009
Gates of Vienna —
... Obama at the Washington Post Obama arrived at the Washington Post headquarters today, as covered in priceless pool report by the New York Times Helene Cooper. […] Post covers it, too. “Staff writers, photographers, editors and employees from other departments lined the hallway after word spread that the President-elect would be walking through the newsroom.” Now Kurtz: “There hasn’t been this much excitement in The Washington Post newsroom since Brad Pitt dropped by.” And Cillizza with actual news ...
CNBC Anchor: Studio Cheers after Obama Makes 'Openness' Announcement
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias —
... There have been other reported instances of cheering for Obama in the media. On Jan. 15, prior to his swearing in, Obama visited The Washington Post and Michael Calderone of Politico cited a report of cheering and bobbing of coffee cups upon Obama's arrival. But, also according to the report, a spokesperson told Calderone "there's no reason to think there were any reporters cheering."
Washington Post: Your Paper of Ill-Repute
Patterico's Pontifications —
... Well, yeah. Not that the WaPo isn’t stocked with fawning fans of Obama who would promote his agenda for free. But perhaps someone might ask White House flack Robert Gibbs at today’s presser why WaPo madam Katharine Weymouth is getting to pimp out members of the Obama administration for a series of high-priced circle jerks. ...
