The Lamestream had such high hopes for Zero!
Posted on 03/13/2010 5:12:04 PM PST by Sub-Driver
Breaking Up Is Hard to Do The press finally falls out of love with Obama.
By Howard Fineman | NEWSWEEK
Published Mar 12, 2010
From the magazine issue dated Mar 22, 2010
Robert Gibbs, the White House press secretary, was 50 minutes late for his briefing, apparently a record for tardiness, but few reporters in the White House press room bothered to feign outrage; they didn't seem all that eager to ask him questions anyway. When his boss flew to Missouri to give another of his "high octane" (The New York Times), "impassioned" (The Washington Post) health-care speeches, no cable channel covered the event. If you are president, the only thing worse than criticism is not being covered. And the truth is, we in the press are bored with Barack.
The "mainstream media" are losing patience with, and even interest in, their erstwhile hero. President Barack Obama never had a chance with the Ailes-Murdoch crowd, of course, and it didn't take the president long to offend the fierce left wing of the blogosphere. But now, finally, the MSM, which views itself as ideologically neutral, has found ideologically neutral reasons to lose patience with him: that he may be ineffectual; that he doesn't know how to play the game; that he can't get anything done. Exhibit A: the health-care bill. The Times's Frank Rich, the astute dean of the commentariat, wrote recently that Obama has failed to "communicate a compelling narrative" in office and, as a result, "could be toast if he doesn't make good on a year's worth of false starts."
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They are just mad he's not MORE flamingly liberal.
We Told Ya So — phhhhht! *\;^)
I wonder what those press members who have been laid off since he took office think of him?
Typical Fineman agitprop. “Ideologically neutral” my Grannie’s pink bloomers!
Howard Fineman is ideologically stupid. And he even looks the part.
Newsweak has no problem with him being the dictator-in-waiting. They just want him to be an effective dictator.
Well it’s nice to see they realize their hero is a zero. On the other hand, Newsweak claiming “ideological neutrality” for the MSM is laughable. I wonder how many of these “ideologically neutral” people ever voted Republican?
They are just bent out of shape because they backed a dead horse and have been revealed for the fools they’ve always been.
Very true.
"Bush's fault."
I don’t believe a word Fineman says. He is their hero. Thats the problem Howard when you think your hero can do no wrong.
Barry is a total failure, but you are an even bigger failure because you whored yourself as a journalist to support this loser.
Now you have a POTUS that will go down in history as a hated loser. Loser
The Lamestream had such high hopes for Zero!
I just wish this chattering class would WATCH the “Ailes-Murdoch” crowd, then the MSNBC crowd for comparison, THEN make their little asinine statements.
The Ailes-Murdoch crowd has intelligent-sounding leftists on to present their case, for example Weiner of NY, instead of strawmen pseudo-conservatives like MSNBC. And they treat them with respect.
Pfft!
It’s still Bush’s fault. Just ask them.
Oh Yeah!?! And who do we have to thank for this f**king clown being in the White House, huh Newsweek? You fecking twits did everything you could do put this Marxist in the White House and now we’re stuck with him. F you Newsweek.
Wait wait...Fineman was talking about the extra-terrestial media, right?
Well said and amen!
What gibberish, what spin, what lies.
See? The MSM doesn’t like Obama anymore [what lies] and because of that everyone else will start liking him [what gibberish, what spin].
The liberal media will turn on Obama with a vengeance if he can’t jam through Obama-care next week.
They can’t stand someone who is that weak and incompetent.
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