Posted on 03/24/2009 10:43:02 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
At a time when his Washington honeymoon is turning into a hazing, President Barack Obama and his team are launched on a strategy to sail above the traditional White House press corps by reaching out to liberal commentators, local reporters and ethnic media.
The highest-profile moments in the new approach have been well-noted, such as the president giving an interview to progressive radio host Ed Schultz and Obama calling on a reporter from the liberal-leaning Huffington Post at his first news conference.
But those moves are only part of a much larger strategy aimed at communicating directly with audiences the White House believes are more sympathetic to the president’s agenda — and one in which much of the work is being done by Obama’s top advisers.
On the day Obama released his ambitious spending plan, the administration put White House budget director Peter Orszag on a conference call with liberal-leaning writers. Senior administration aides have followed up by promoting the budget to local radio talk shows during morning drive time.
Jared Bernstein, Vice President Joe Biden’s economic adviser and a favorite of the labor-liberal wing of the Democratic Party, also held a conference call with friendly reporters.
White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel has done conference calls with black and Hispanic media outlets.
Obama himself plans to meet soon with liberal bloggers, according to an administration official. With little fanfare, he’s already sat for interviews with Black Enterprise magazine, Telemundo and Los Angeles-based Hispanic radio host Eddie “Piolin” Sotelo.
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My Gawd - the man is too liberal for the establishment liberal media!!!!
Just call this place “Filter Republic”
Remember how the Bush White House tried this with conservative news sites and it was ginned up into a “scandal”?
I’m laughing so hard that tears are running down my cheeks.
It’s not enough that 95% of the MSM carry his water?
What a wuss.
And since when does the VP have an economic adviser?
He is making it clear, he is not my president, and seems to not want to be my president.
I guess he only wants to be my dictator.
Yes, Bush was timid compared with Obama, and he was pilloried for it in the media.
Then again, when WASN’T Bush pilloried in the media? It even continues to this day!
We’ll just have one tv/radio channel. The ‘Dear Leader Network’. One paper....’The Daily Pr0gressive’.
Why?
He seems to have CNN all locked up already.
Once the big-time players realize that there isn’t much need in covering the White House...they’re remove their guy for three or four days out of the week. Gibbs will show up and find half the number of reporters standing there, and wonder where the action went. This is a serious mistake in judgment.
Apparently, poor wittle bambi can’t handle ‘punch-drunk’ questions. waaaaaaahhhh.......
I thought that was Drudge?
Hell, I may even take out a subscription to “Jet” magazine, and start cornrowing my white-devil hair.
Wonderful.
Obama wants to dissolve all opposition and install himself as tyrannical leader.
Sounds like Pravda
“a much larger strategy aimed at communicating directly with audiences the White House believes are more sympathetic to the president’s agenda”
And that agenda IS?
Why doesnt anyone in the MSM (OR THE GOP) have the testicular fortitude to discuss what his REAL Agenda is for the country?
Tee hee........the bloggers will be in heaven.
Asking about the new dog to be.
The swing set.
Michelle’s plans for the Easter Egg hunt.
How are you doing in your basketball brackets.
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