Obama Critiques The Media In New Mexico Today

ABC News:

The president likes to take issue with the media here and there.

"I just want to make a little commentary about the media here, if you don't mind," Mr. Obama said this afternoon in Rio Rancho, NM, at a town hall meeting on credit card reform.

Read the whole story: ABC News

Comments

[trinidadgirl]

The media? The media has absolutely no standards whatsoever. All these people do is try to come off as 'gotcha' and turn the news around to their own biases ,with follow up deadbeat republican guests.
Such a sad state of affairs, but most of these guys and gals are irresponsible, getting away with mediocrity, as well as foisting their paranoia on John Public. Sorry, but so many have lost credibility that I just smirk at the spin and sensational headlines which normally have nothing much to do with the news.
N.B Always remember John Public that it was mostly the media that took us to the war in Iraq!

[emlr]

Jake Trapper is one of the most egotistical people in this country! He thinks his take on anything is right and he's a boor when it comes to asking Gibbs questions.
I generally channel switch when he in on camera.

[mjtaylor22]

too many of our media today is just a pretty face reading que cards,
no insight no comon sense, no investigation.
they are not truth finders, they are truely talking heads

[mjtaylor22]

I LOOKED AT THE COMMENTS ONTHE ABC PAGE EVEN MADE A FEW TO COUNTER THE HATERS, NONE OF MINE WERE POSTED.
those wing nuts are crazy really insane, and their arguements make no sense at all.
it is just so disturbing their ignorance and how much they love to spread that ignorance.
i really believe they have alot of paid bloggers to spread these garbage can stories.

[DMHendrix]

Jake doesn't like to report the story...he likes to BE the story. He's "special" that way.

[emlr]

Kinda like that reporter that said he wanted to "make" some news. What happened to reporting?

[grave-robber]

Your man Obama:
"When Congress included in last year's budget a whole bunch of earmarks, you remember there was a week worth of stories about how terrible these earmarks were. You remember this...a week's worth of stories: 'Oh, these earmarks, this is what's blowing up the deficit, this is terrible,' blah, blah, blah.
And yet, as I said before, that was less than 1 percent of that entire budget that had been signed. When we find $17 billion worth of cuts in programs, what do the same folks say? They say, 'Oh, that's nothing.'...That's not significant. That's not important.'
Well, you can't have it both ways. If those earmarks were important, then this money is important, too."
First, he didn't cut that $17 billion, but rather reallocated it to other programs. Plus, a story on Moneynews titled "Add Another $89 Billion to Budget Deficit" explains that any cut was dwarfed by this addition. Might as well say he just added $71 billion.

[tigerakabj]

First off, I'm tired of hearing that the "media is lazy" and that "they were silent the last 8 years." Now why is that? They are still not asking Cheney the tough questions. There is a reason for that.

The answer: they are corporate owned and, hence do better under administrations were their interest are represented. What administrations do tax cuts for the rich, merged corporations (aka media monopolies) appear under?

I have not heard many of these so-called journalist actually put up the Republican track records in their face and ask them, "What credibility do you have on these subjects of foreign policy, fiscal responsibility, etc.?"

I'm glad Obama is targeting them b/c maybe "change" means them too. Hopefully Obama will repeal the Telecom Act of 1996 and start breaking up the "too big to fail" media empires too.

[TovSquirrel]

"I'm glad Obama is targeting them b/c maybe "change" means them too. Hopefully Obama will repeal the Telecom Act of 1996 and start breaking up the "too big to fail" media empires too."

One can only hope.

[surfcitysteven]

The media here in New Mexico does kind of suck, but there really isn't much going on most of the time to get hot about here. But he has to take that into consideration when he critiques the media here. Oh...wait, you meant to say that he is doing a critique of the media while in New Mexico. See? , that's how bad our media is, I didn't even know he was coming here.

[vernonbc]

He was talking to the national media that accompanies him wherever he goes, not the NM media. He specifically mentioned Chip..... Chip Beck is the ABC white house correspondent.

[PhilipTaylor]

Where is the SINGLE-PAYER Health Care that Pelosi and Baucus took off the table?

Where is the fact OIL prices are being Manipulated again?

Where is the Green Energy Reform?

Where is Kurgman since he talked to Obama - DISAPPEARED?

Where is Taking Money away from the Wall Street Banks instead of PUMPING IT INTO THEM?

Where is "Bottom-Up" Help for Middle-Class that Obama Promised?

[PippiLongstocking]

No you didn't say Krugman disappeared? Lord....

[unity08]

Good Lord man. He has been in office less than four months. He has two wars and a very bad economy. Have just a bit of patience.

[NCRedhead]

Reading most of the blog posts on Tapper's page is almost as bad as Politico posts. Gotta go take a large martini after seeing a few of those.

[unity08]

Mind if I join you? Cheers!

[Republicrats]

Oh, and I thought this is what he said

""The long-term deficit and debt that we have accumulated is unsustainable. We can't keep on just borrowing from China or borrowing from other countries," Obama told a town hall meeting event in New Mexico.

"We have to pay interest on that debt and that means that we're mortgaging our children's future with more and more debt," he said.

Obama bipolarity.....

[NCRedhead]

Gee, never heard Bush, Cheney or any neocons in Congress express concerns about that prior to crashing the economy and Obama taking office....

[Republicrats]

Nope me neither, big gov't bush and all his cronies were actually worse than all o fthe dems that stood idly by while taking the cash, at least they would have raised taxes to pay for all of the bs of the bush years...

[mjtaylor22]

not at all Bush calle dit a slow down not a recession.
an the media ate that up and crame r recommended Bear Stearns despite the book beign in horrible condition.

[Charmed]

President Obama was RIGHT and I'm glad he called them out......

[bloodyhands]

That's why I like the town meetings.

He get around the press and say what he thinks.

Then they have to cover it.

[GeorgeP922]

Jack Tapper story? man HP is desperate today.

[mcantwell]

Dear J a k e T a p p er:
As much as Sar ah Pa lin gripes about the evil Media, why do you never have anything negative to say about her?

President Obama is correct that the MSM focuses on petty non-stories (such as dijon mustard) instead of focusing on serious matters, such as this story:

"An estimated 100 detainees have di ed during interrogations, some who were clearly tor tured to de ath. The B ush Justice Department failed to investigate and prosecute alleged mur ders even when the CIA inspector general referred a case."

"The bottom line is that many detainee hom icides in Iraq and Afghanistan were the direct result of approval and orders from the highest levels of government, and that high officials in the government are accomplices."
http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-05-05/how-many-were-tortured-to-death/

[Tommygun264]

To call Jake Tapper an empty-headed dolt would be an insult to empty-headed dolts everywhere. He reminds me of William Hurt's character in "Broadcast News", but without the charm.

[NCRedhead]

He reminds me alot of Boehner in his dour demeanor, but his coloring is a bit more natural.

[BuzzingAlong]

Trapper has his man parts bound up for the previous eitht years.

It is interesting to see that he has suddenly found and released them.