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Obama Proves He’s Not Afraid Of The Tough Questions After The Biden Interview … Goes On ‘EXTRA!’ W/ Mario Lopez
Pat Dollard | Young Americans — Obama Shuns Press Conferences, Sits With ‘EXTRA!’s’ Mario Lopez By Jake Tapper - (ABC) On Oct. 24, 2007, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., said that as president he would hold regular press conferences and “not just call on my four favorite reporters.” But the Democratic presidential nominee hasn’t held a full press conference — submitting himself to more than a handful of questions from his whole press corps — in more than a month, since Sept. 24, 2008, in Clearwater, Fla. The ...

Obama Ignoring Political Reporters In Favor Of Entertainment Reporters
Say Anything — ... says, “now that the press has given its all to elect him, he doesn’t need them any more.” ...

Obama tackles tough questions…with Mario Lopez
Michelle Malkin — What a freaking joke : On Oct. 24, 2007, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., said that as president he would hold regular press conferences and “not just call on my four favorite reporters.” But the Democratic presidential nominee hasn’t held a full press conference — submitting himself to more than a handful of questions from his whole press corps — in more than a month, since Sept. 24, 2008, in Clearwater, Fla. The candidate often bemoans the media asking silly and superficial questions. The media isn’t focused on the important issues facing the nation, he complains. On Saturday in ...

Obama: Saved By The Bell
Pirate's Cove — ... After all the complaints about Sarah Palin not meeting the press (which, in my opinion, she should have right from the get go), what about Barry? ...

Obama: Saved By The Bell
Stop The ACLU — After all the complaints about Sarah Palin not meeting the press (which, in my opinion, she should have right from the get go), what about Barry ? On Oct. 24, 2007, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., said that as president he would hold regular press conferences and “not just call on my four favorite reporters.” But the Democratic presidential nominee hasn’t held a full press conference — submitting himself to more than a handful of questions from his whole press corps — in more than a month, since Sept. 24, 2008, in Clearwater, Fla. The candidate often bemoans the media asking silly ...

U.S. source on Syria raid: We got our man
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... Needless to say, the fact that our intelligence and capabilities were good enough to pinpoint this guy in another country and take him out tells you a lot about the state of AQI right now. Exit question: Has any enterprising journalist thought to query McCain or Obama about this yet? The One is, at the moment, probably the most famous proponent of cross-border raids in America. Is his fondness for them limited to Pakistan or is Syria included too? Maybe we can get someone from the cast of “Saved by the Bell” to ask him.

Remainders: Distributed
Ben Smith's Blog — NASCAR legend Junior Johnson says Obama will protect hunters. Goldfarb's D&D friends raise the stakes. Colleges make professors walk a fine line in showing their support. Obama takes soft questions. A call-center mutiny? Texan finds the solution to stolen lawn signs; spray paints his lawn. A New York developer is offering new residents an "Obama contingency" clause in their contract. Journalism professor says the media has failed to create race-related ...

No Obama press conferences in more than a month
Sister Toldjah — But he did make time to sit down with EXTRA’s Mario Lopez for a one on one … Yes, we know what we’d be hearing if it were Gov. Palin who wasn’t holding pressies. On a related note, has yet another television station been blackballed by the Obama campaign?

Ari Melber: Obama's Inverted Media Strategy Upends Homestretch Heirarchy
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... ABC's traveling correspondent with the Obama campaign, Jake Tapper, complains that the Illinois senator granted a fluffy interview with Mario Lopez of "Extra," but Obama won't take questions from traveling national reporters. Obama has not "held a full press conference -- submitting himself to more than a handful of questions from his whole [traveling national] press corps -- in more than a month," writes Tapper. ...

Obama on Seacrest
Ben Smith's Blog — ... Fresh off his interview with Mario Lopez, Obama (who, like McCain, doesn't do extended press conferences any more, though he has done some network interviews) appeared Ryan Seacrest's show this morning, on his election day plans, his unwillingness to shoot himself in the foot, and one of the cycle's harder-hitting questions: "Here's a question from me. I don't think you're human. Either of you.... What makes you like us?" ...

So Now They Notice
small dead animals — ... long enough to take a breath, the media might have noticed that He Who Need Not Explain actually stopped taking their questions * last September; Veteran ...