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Obama Press Conference: 5 Big Takeaways
By Torie Bosch - AOL NewsIn a wide-ranging news conference, President BarObama tackled the domestic -- the U.S. budget and economy -- as well as the international -- the turmoil in the Middle East. So what were the headlines from his first official presser of 2011? Surge Desk rounds up the five most important highlights. 1. Cautiously optimistic about the Middle East When asked about the recent developments in Egypt, Obama said, "Obviously, there is still a lot of work to be done in Egypt itself," but "[w]hat we have seen so far is positive." He also said that the country will require input as it builds up ...
Tony Sparano, Media Conserve Words
By Andy Kent - AOL NewsDAVIE, Fla. -- With his season nearing an end and the playoffs no longer a viable option, Miami Dolphins coach Tony Sparano walked into the interview room at the team's training facility and stepped to the podium, unsure of what else could be asked of him by the South Florida media. As it turned out -- nothing. In what had to be his shortest press conference ever as a head coach, Sparano spoke for a little over a minute and fielded exactly four questions, only one of which was football related. And his answer to that question, which was how he's going to list inside linebacker Karlos Dansby ...
President Obama's Sept. 10 White House Press Conference [LIVE STREAM]
By Carl Franzen - AOL News(Sept. 10) -- President Obama hasn't held an official press conference in the past four months. While that's a significant gap, it's not nearly as great as his almost year-long shunning of the White House Press Corps between summer 2009 and May of this year, for which he was of course criticized by the punditocracy, who noted that candidate Obama had once alluded to holding a press conference every month if elected. In any case, today he will remedy the absence with what is expected to be wide-ranging discussion of the biggest issues presently facing the nation: the economy, the war in ...
Dems Block Investigation, Speaker Avoids Questions on CIA
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi took questions during a press conference today about about her legislative priorities, but she refused to further address the controversy that erupted last week after she said that the CIA had routinely misled Congress. ...
FOX Outdraws Obama
By Mark Impomeni - Politics DailyThe ratings are in from President Barack Obama's prime-time news conference last week, and the numbers justify the Fox network's decision to skip broadcasting the president's address. The Fox drama "Lie to Me" drew eight million viewers, outpacing NBC's Obama coverage by over one million viewers. Overall, close to 29 million viewers watched the president on ten channels, including the cable news networks. The total viewership for the news conference was down almost 50% from Obama's first televised news conference, and down nearly 30% from his March event. Fox News did cover the president, and ...
"Lie to Me" Beats Obama
By Dave - Politics DailyTime Net Show 18-49 Rating/Share 18-34 Rating/Share Viewers (Millons) 8:00 FOX Lie to Me 2.4/7 2.1/7 7.88 CW America's Next Top Model 1.8/6 2.1/7 4.00 ABC President Obama Press Conference 1.6/5 1.4/5 6.12 CBS President Obama Press Conference 1.5/5 0.9/3 6.01 NBC President Obama Press Conference 1.6/5 1.1/4 6.68 ...
Fox Will Not Cover Obama News Conference
By Mark Impomeni - Politics DailyIt was bound to happen sooner or later. And with President Obama requesting time in prime-time for the third month in a row, for little to no newsworthy reason, the Fox Broadcasting Company has become the first network to forgo covering an Obama new conference. In a statement released today, Fox said that it would air regularly scheduled programming instead. "The Fox Broadcasting Company will not air the Presidential News Conference on Wednesday, April 29 at 8:00 PM. Fox's sister networks, Fox News Channel and the Fox Business Network will air the press conference in its entirety. Fox will be ...
Obama Threatens to Bump Lost
By Dave - Politics Daily...which will run dangerously close to the next Lost episode.Fox sticking with schedule instead of ObamaThe Fox network is sticking with its regular schedule over President Barack Obama this week.The network is turning down the president's request to show his prime-time news conference on Wednesday. The news conference marks Obama's 100th day in office. Instead of the president, Fox viewers will see an episode of the Tim Roth drama "Lie to Me."It's the first time a broadcast network has refused Obama's request. This will be the third prime-time news conference in Obama's presidency. ABC, CBS ...
To Blunt Criticism, Obama Makes a TelePrompTer Move
By Mark Impomeni - Politics DailyIn a sure sign that it has been stung by criticism of President Barack Obama's over-reliance on a TelePrompTer, the White House made a change in location for the device for the president's prime time press conference last night. Gone were the familiar dual glass panels on either side of the podium from which Obama is so adroit at reading prepared remarks, and which have been popping up in more and more news photos of him. Instead, the president delivered his opening remarks reading from a flat panel placed at the back of the room.The move allowed Obama to offer his remarks while looking ...
Florida State President T.K. Wetherell Holds Doozy of a Press Conference
By Brian Grummell - AOL NewsFlorida State held a press conference on Wednesday, making public its appeal against an NCAA penalty demanding the program vacate any football victories achieved with academically ineligible players via its recent academic scandal. Things went well for the first half hour until school President T.K. Wetherell turned into a cartoon character with red eyes and steam coming out of his ears. The public was then witness to an administrator dropping four-letter words and a bizarre, sarcastic sabotage plot against Florida and Tim Tebow.Unsolicited, Wetherell declared, "Now, we understand all the rest ...
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