Obama Beans County Register » press http://obamabeans.com "Snapping Out the Truth, One Pod at a Time" Thu, 25 Apr 2013 18:47:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Washington Post Reports on Lack of Print Interviews Granted by White House http://obamabeans.com/washington-post-reports-on-lack-of-print-interviews-granted-by-white-house/ http://obamabeans.com/washington-post-reports-on-lack-of-print-interviews-granted-by-white-house/#comments Wed, 27 Feb 2013 22:37:01 +0000 obeams http://obamabeans.com/?p=688 Continue reading →]]> The Washington Post recently reported on the dearth of interviews granted by President Obama to the print media.  He has not been interviewed by the Post for four years; The New York Times last interviewed him in 2010, and the President has never been interviewed by The Los Angeles Times, The Boston Globe, or The Chicago Tribune.  Instead the President has focused all communication with the public throught television and radio.

Many editors at these publications are angry; they feel that four plus years of obsequiousness should have provided them with much more access to the President.  When White House Press Secretary Jay Carney was asked about this, he replied: “Why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free?”.

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