Obama Press Conference

Jason Linkins

Obama's Smoking Questioned By Reporter, Again

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.24.2009 | Media


The arc of the Washington press corps is long. But let's face it, it bends toward occasionally asking some stupid questions. Like about Alex Rodrigu...

Jason Linkins

Liveblogging Your Tuesday Afternoon Presidential Press Conference

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.24.2009 | Media


Good morning and welcome to your Tuesday afternoon liveblog of today's White House press conference, which will feature President Barack Obama fieldin...

Obama News Conference: WATCH LIVE VIDEO

The Huffington Post | Posted 07.24.2009 | Politics


President Barack Obama will hold a news conference Tuesday, and is expected to open the afternoon event with remarks on health care reform, energy leg...

Obama Rose Garden News Conference Scheduled For Tuesday

AP | Posted 07.23.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama has scheduled his first Rose Garden news conference. The White House on Monday said Obama would take questi...

WATCH LIVE: Obama And South Korean President Lee Hold Joint Press Conference

Huffington Post | Posted 07.17.2009 | Home


Watch Obama and South Korean President Lee's joint press conference in the Rose Garden. Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about...

Network Execs "Seething Behind The Scenes" Over Obama Press Conferences

Hollywood Reporter | John Consoli | Posted 06.08.2009 | Media


But executives at the Big Four broadcast networks are seething behind the scenes that President Obama has cost them about $30 million in cumulative ad...

Mystery Science Press Conference

Craig Crawford | Posted 05.30.2009 | Politics


Craig Crawford

What if Mystery Science Theater did an Obama press conference? In this video, I give it a try.

Sam Stein

Geithner Wins The Night: Not One Question For Obama On Banks

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.30.2009 | Politics


Barack Obama may have been the host of a prime-time press conference on Wednesday evening, but it was Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner who had the ...

Sam Stein

Obama To GOP: You Have To Start Meeting Me Halfway

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.30.2009 | Politics


One hundred days into office, Barack Obama's list of accomplishments is certainly immense. From the budget, passed by the Senate on Wednesday night, t...

Obama 100 Days Press Conference: FULL TRANSCRIPT

Posted 05.30.2009 | Politics


The full transcript of Obama's third press conference on April 29, 2009: OBAMA: Please, be seated. Before we begin tonight, I just want to provide ev...

State of Play: Obama's 100 Day Press Conference

Jacob Heilbrunn | Posted 05.30.2009 | Politics


Jacob Heilbrunn

Obama's mastered the art of calming the jangled nerves of his countrymen. Now his economic policies need to restore them fully.

Obama says waterboarding was torture

AP | JENNIFER LOVEN | Posted 05.30.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama said Wednesday night that waterboarding authorized by former President George W. Bush was torture and that t...

Obama Remarks: Primetime Press Conference (ADVANCE EXCERPTS)

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 05.30.2009 | Politics


***WATCH OBAMA LIVE AT 8 PM EST*** In his primetime press conference Wednesday night (the third of his term), President Obama will echo what he said...

Arianna Joins Katie Couric's Live Webcast To Discuss Obama's First 100 Days

Huff TV | Posted 05.30.2009 | Media


Huff TV

Tonight Arianna joins Katie Couric's live webcast on CBSNews.com, directly following President Obama's First 100 Days press conference. The Atlantic'...

Fox Not Airing Obama Press Conference

AP | DAVID BAUDER | Posted 05.28.2009 | Media


NEW YORK — Fox became the first broadcast network to turn down a request by President Barack Obama for time, opting to show its drama "Lie to Me...

Obama Prime-Time News Conference Wednesday

AP | DARLENE SUPERVILLE | Posted 05.24.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will hold his third prime-time news conference on Wednesday, his 100th day in office. Obama will answer que...

Obama Teases Reporter From India During Press Conference (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Katharine Zaleski | Posted 05.03.2009 | Media


Obama held a conference packed with press from around the world on Thursday. He called on a reporter from The Times of India towards the end who the P...

Obama G-20 Thursday Schedule

Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 05.03.2009 | World


The following is President Obama's Thursday G-20 Summit schedule, according to the White House: - 3 a.m. ET/8:00 a.m. local time: Meets with leaders...

Drive Down Healthcare Costs By Driving Down Obesity

Duncan Quirk | Posted 04.26.2009 | Living


Duncan Quirk

While Obama outline ways in which the American people have already made and continue to make sacrifices, he's missed out on the opportunity to ask for a sacrifice of time, energy, and our excess weight.

AIG Anger and the Free Market Myth

Charles A. Clarkson | Posted 04.26.2009 | Business


Charles A. Clarkson

What do the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy, Santa Claus and the "free market" have in common? None of them exist.

Why Does Obama's Teleprompter Hate America?

Bob Cesca | Posted 04.25.2009 | Politics


Bob Cesca

Without a doubt, many of the attacks from the far-right against President Obama have amounted to nothing more than the political equivalent of speaking in tongues.

Jason Linkins

Scritti Politti: March 25, 2009

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.25.2009 | Politics


Today is March 25, which, as you know, is the day on which the One Ring was destroyed in the fires of Mount Doom, resulting in the defeat of Sauron an...

Obama Press Conference Ratings Down: 40.4 Million Watch, Fox News Tops On Cable

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 04.25.2009 | Media


President Obama's press conference Tuesday night drew 40.4 million viewers, according to Nielsen Media Research. That's "down 18% from from his Feb. ...

Jason Linkins

Press Corps: Obama Bored Us By Answering Our Questions

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.25.2009 | Politics


If you look at the breakdown from Tuesday's press conference, a pattern emerges: the "traditional" media outlets brought the repetitive, dull, blunt force trauma, and the smaller outfits provided the evening's flavor.

NYT Trying To Turn Obama Into Al Gore: Media Matters

Media Matters | Posted 04.25.2009 | Politics


How? By suggesting Obama is becoming something of a chameleon who reinvents himself depending on the political setting. The press spent most of 2000 d...