Say what? Megan McCain, Tina Brown and the media think Obama is over exposed?

[wndycty]

Cross posted at Windy City Watch: http://tinyurl.com/cnzf2g

Say what? Megan McCain, Tina Brown and the media think Obama is over exposed?
How can the media that tells us Michelle Obama's buffed arms are news, tell us the President Obama is over exposed?

Last night on Larry King Live, Megan McCain, daughter of Senator John McCain, when prompted by King, expressed concern that President Obama might run the risk of being over exposed.

“I do think that he is at the risk of possibly over exposing himself,” said Megan.

Now think about it, Megan is in the news because she is a blogger who happens to be the daughter of a U.S. Senator that lost the 2008 presidential election to Obama and she happens to be in a very public fight with right wing radio personality Laura Ingraham who called her fat after she wrote a blog post on The Daily Beast calling out right wing hate monger Ann Coulter. The battle recently boiled over when Megan went on THE VIEW and declared that Ingraham can “kiss my fat ass.”

Does anyone see the irony in Megan calling Obama, “over exposed?”

She is not alone, this is a meme that has been getting a lot of traction in the media over the last few days. This morning on MSNBC's MORNING JOE, aka “Bitter White People Getting Together Daily To Bitch About Obama” (BWPGTDTBAO), The Daily Beast publisher Tina Brown had her say.

“Obama I think is getting really over exposed,” said Brown. “I think he is turning into the Paris Hilton of teaching moments.”

The media feels that is necessary to report endlessly on Michelle Obama’s arms or the future First Puppy and essential to, as it does with every POTUS, report on Obama’s every move. Yet when President Obama does a media tour to speak directly to the American people in an effort to create awareness and understanding for his proposed budget as well as to discuss a number of issues that are relevant to people, he runs the risk of being “over exposed.”

Obama appeared on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” last Thursday, “60 Minutes” on Sunday and tonight he is having press a prime time press conference. He is aggressively reaching out to and engaging the public.

This nation is in the middle of a financial crisis, we are fighting two wars and in November we elected a man who promised us change to lead us through this difficult time.

He wants to talk to us, help us understand his agenda and give us confidence in his administration. For some reason the media has a problem with that, they would rather set the agenda and tell us what they think is important, which apparently is Megan McCain and Tina Brown telling us the President of the United States is over exposed.

[Thrill]

1. Overexposure talk reeks of Jealousy

[Why Syzygy]

2. They can turn it off if they would rather not see him.

Chances are slim that he'll take to AF One and dodge hijacked planes for 18 hours.

[Avalux]

3. If Obama talks to the American people often, he just MIGHT control the message.

That would be bad for his opposition and the media in general because they lose their control. Obama doesn't want to be in the presidential bubble and has made that very clear; I think his effort to reach out directly to Americans in unique ways does nothing but help him further his agenda. It worked during the campaign.

Those who worry Obama may become over-exposed and render himself irrelevant have other motives for their 'concern'.

The Tonight Show and 60 Minutes enjoyed sky high ratings last week. People love listening to Obama - why shouldn't he keep talking to them?

[liberal N proud]

4. We never heard of Amy McCain until last fall

Now she is flaunting her self everywhere. Yeah the irony.

Another question, what did she thing Obama was going to do, sit in the oval office 24/7 and not be a public figure? :crazy:

[ErinBerin84]

5. oh fuck TIna Brown

Paris Hilton? Hmmm, where have we heard that before?! Oh yeah!

[EffieBlack]

8. I actually burst out laughing this morning

when Scarborough asked her to explain the mood out in the country and she proceeded to tell us why Americans feel the way they do.

Yes, Tina Brown - the voice of the people.

All of these peopke are a piece of work. They're driven by chauffeured town car to the studio where they sit on their butts from sunup to sundown talking to one another about what they think is important, after which (if they're not too tired from their streneuous workday) they are ferried to a cocktail party or other glittering, invitation-only event where they continue talking to one another before returning to their Upper West Side or Georgetown home for the night.

And they try to convince us that they have their finger on the pulse of the American public and know more about how "real Americans" think and live than Barack Obama.

It's laughable.

[ErinBerin84]

9. I don't get the Daily Beast.

I literally don't get it. I don't think I've ever read a worthwhile article from there. It seems like the place that people go when they are out of work...Tucker Carlson, Meghan McCain, Anna Marie Cox (who I do like sometimes). Nothing wrong with that, but maybe stinkers like Carlson were out of work for a reason? Plus, Daily Beast just appeared out of nowhere and was everywhere instantly, like politico.

[Cha]

24. Tina Brown had a magazine that went bellyup,

too..and I'm wondering why?

MEDIA; Talk Is Still Waiting to Catch Fire
By ALEX KUCZYNSKI
Tina Brown's Talk magazine is having difficult start; newsstand sales are well below initial projections of Ronald A Galotti, president of parent company Talk Media; percentage of copies shipped to newsstands that actually sell is at bottom of industry; advertising pages and revenue are down from comparable periods of late 1999 to late 2000; Talk suffered from case of high expectations when its first issue arrived in summer of 1999, given visibility of its founders, Brown and Galotti; Brown and...


http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/g/ronald_a_galotti/index.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2001/02/12/business/media-talk-is-still-waiting-to-catch-fire.html

[wndycty]

12. You hit the nail on the head

:kick:

[Cha]

22. From meghan's dad

who had nothing so he brought up Paris Hilton.

[sampsonblk]

6. I think they are right

Some of us can't get enough of the guy. But at some point, he will get to be less compelling if he keeps showing up so often.

Its not about Obama or about ideology. Thats just how things work.

[wndycty]

7. Question how can the most powerful man in the world be over exposed. . .

. . .think about that for a second.

[sampsonblk]

10. Easy

If, for example, he addressed the nation every week, soon no one would watch. But if he did it every 6 months, the ratings would be huge. That doesnt' seem complicated to me, unless I am seeing it wrong.

I don't see how Obama (or any president) is immune from the rules regarding exposure.

[Avalux]

11. That reasoning makes sense if there wasn't anything going on.

BUT - this country is in a very complicated economic crisis and it requires our President getting out there and communicating the facts. Otherwise, the Repukes and media will do it for him and we know how that goes.

I think the American people want to hear Obama often. Ratings for the shows he's been on reflect that.

[sampsonblk]

13. I could be mistaken, but I think you are confusing the issue

The need for his appearances doesn't influence whether he becomes overexposed or not.

But we shall see. He doesn't appear to be curtailing his activities.

[wndycty]

17. But the media reports on him EVERYDAY it is not like if didn't speak they wouldn't talk about him

. . .so by making himself available he is able to keep the media honest that he is communicating directly to the America people and we get to contrast what he says about his programs vs. what they say about his programs.

He needs to be able to speak up for himself.

[WinkyDink]

15. The President of the U.S. should concern himself with TV "ratings"?

[sampsonblk]

20. No, you missed my point

I was using TV ratings as an example of a way to measure whether people are tired of listening to him or not. The president should concern himself with that, not the ratings themselves.

[Cha]

21. That's one dimensional thinking.

Obama's gonna do what he's gonna do and he's not thinking about ratings..

Oh, and tina brown, meghan mccain, and whomever else can think about their damn selves being over exposed.

[WinkyDink]

14. THIS is what results from regarding our ELECTED LEADERS as mere "celebrities", about whom gossip

might dilute their "box-office appeal" and reduce their "earning power".

[rocktivity]

16. Translation: Obama's exposing himself WITHOUT the help of national media--and succeeding

That's what really bothering them. I responded to one of those "Obama overexposed" editorials a few days ago:

Your real problem is that you resent Obama being so successful without you--he's...becoming popular enough to either pick his own media favorites (like calling on the Huffington Post at the last TV presser) or dispose of you altogether. After eight years of acting as Bush's gatekeepers and interpreters, you MSM-ers are suddenly an endangered species...(I)f Obama is getting too overexposed, maybe press conferences is what he ought to stop doing!

:headbang:
rocktivity

[wndycty]

19. Excellent response

:kick:

[tanyev]

18. Thanks so much for your concern, Meghan.

I will give your opinion all the consideration that it deserves.

[Sebastian Doyle]

23. Wait a minute... Meghan McCain thinks Obama is overexposed?

Obama's the President, so it's not all that surprising that he's on TV every day.

What's YOUR excuse, Megs? :wtf:

[wndycty]

25. Yeah it is rich in irony isn't it

:kick:

[ecstatic]

26. A little too rich

Oh..that made my head hurt.

[uponit7771]

27. They're used to a leader strummin a "gee-tar" in a zoo while a national disaster occurs

[mitchum]

28. According to a bosomy social climber and a daughter of privilege

Sure...whatever

[livetohike]

29. Does Megan McCain have a job? Or is she a trust fund baby?

Do people only care what she writes because her last name is McCain? I don't see that anything she says is particularly insightful.

[mix]

30. He is the President of the United States of America.

That is not possible.