Obama On Letterman, Sunday Shows In Media Blitz

NEW YORK — President Barack Obama is visiting David Letterman on Monday, part of a media blitz to sell his health care plan.

CBS says it would make the first visit ever by a sitting president to Letterman's "Late Show." Obama has appeared on Letterman's show five times before, the last during the campaign in September 2008.

The president is scheduled to visit Sunday morning talk shows this weekend on ABC, CBS, NBC and CNN. That's a highly unusual schedule, even for a president eager to get his message across throughout the media.

Obama will be the sole guest on Monday's "Late Show."

Comments

[mickeydougal]

Dear god! Will you please shut the hellup already? Enough! OK, you own the media, we get it. Get used to it. You don't own all of us and you never will, BO.

[Genep34]

Fox doesn't even televise his speeches.

[Kickerr]

Fox news is now known as the McCarthyism channel. They really never were into the news part of it.

[frogluv73]

Too bad Hee Haw is no longer on televeisio­n...that's the group and the kind of people he needs to target.

[babyboomerorig]

Good....no Fox

They'd lie about what he said anyway....Hannity has a gift for editing the President's tapes.

[willhe]

for all the right wing pundits i have one reason why the Prez is bypassing Fox Unedutainment. For all that say they are "Christians". The answer is Psalms 1:1. You shouldn't even have to look in the Good book for it. I mean it's the first one, if you are a "Christian"

[vasta]

Fox News is not even close to becoming worthy of having a man like President Obama grace their terrorist fox hole. I would be very disappointed in the President if he gave those jacka$$es one second of his precious time.

[happycat]

I second your comment.

[Pansey]

I third it.

[emily00011]

fox "news" has been to court in order to argue for their right to lie, so why should Obama talk to them knowing they do and will spread lies about him.

[IcedTee63]

Well FAUX News is always talking about him, the least he could do is talk to them...not

[SEQUOIABISON]

This is like saying to a repeatedly battered wife; its probably your fault your husband beats you, give him another chance. Another chance to do what? Batter her some more? I think the Obama administration should get a restraining order against Fox, not allowing them within a 100 yards of the white house, their lying abusive statements against the president is nothing less than inciting violence and a threat against our elected leader.

[truthartbeauty]

Obama hardly owes Fox news anything!

[slvrfox857]

There is some logic to the suggestion that he should do an interview on Fox. But with whom? O'Reilly, who would start yelling the minute he opens his mouth? Beck-who thinks he's a racist, and might cry through the interview because he fears for his country? Hannity, who would make that prune face and use that condescending tone? And would they even air it? Many questions, so few answers.

[JanPoore]

He's already done an interview with Chris Wallace.

[TwinX]

O'Reilly interview Obama during the campaign and it wasn't THAT bad, but he doesn't deserve another chance.

[LiberTLover]

They have shown that they are not interested in airing his other speeches to the nation, so who would blame him in assuming that they would not be interested in an interview either?

[joebaggadonuts]

One does wonder if FOX was even willing to commit to giving Obama live air time. I suspect not.

[BoudainKing]

bHObama, you need to get with ACORN & SEIU and school them on polished Chicago political corruptness. Those people, who helped you get in office, are causing embarrassment to your machine.

[LiberTLover]

Gee, I can't imagine why he isn't interested in talking to Fox news and deluded hatriots like yourself. Go figure.

[SuiginTou7]

Awww, with all the ranting bluster your types hype. Cluster Fox was excluded from the media blitz.
Lies have a price and now we're seeing the payback for Fox's lies and hypocrisy.

[Periwinkle]

Since the day he took office, Obama has been reaching out to the Republicans and Fox and has been rebuked repeatedly. Fox chose to air their idiotic dancing show instead of the President's health care address. That network has uttered lies and smears and does nothing to rein in their wingnuttiest host (Beck). Obama hasn't got time for this nonsense.

[joebaggadonuts]

Neither do we.

[THE JEDI 69]

Wow Americans are so stupid.....to hell with ruport murdoch..and sean hannity and rush and bill....poor people once again letting the rich tell them what to fight for Hannity Rush and Bill and their famlies never ever ever have to worry about being sick........or being able to afford it......stop being used....