# Am I the only one who sees Obama as a Huge Media Whore? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [July 15, 2013, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-sees-obama-as-a-huge-media-whore/663550 "2013-07-15T12:42:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Reidh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/90ced4/32.png) [@Reidh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reidh)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2013, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-sees-obama-as-a-huge-media-whore/663550/1 "2013-07-15T12:42:18Z")
Is it just me? he has too much to say about local news -issues, trevon, Arizona Firefighters, Blah Blah Blah, Things covered well by local news etc. But Nothing to say about IRS scandal? Benghazi murder coverup? Piece of S\*\*t ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2013, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-sees-obama-as-a-huge-media-whore/663550/2 "2013-07-15T13:04:05Z")
You are not the only one. Whether this view has any objective basis in reality is another thing entirely. Certainly he talks to the press a lot more than the last guy did, but then Bush Jr was notorious for how little he spoke to the media. I do recall earlier presidents making various banal pronouncements from time to time (remember Bush Sr and that whole stupid kerfuffle about broccoli?) and to the best of my recollection I don’t think Obama has ramped this element up significantly. Also, the media seem even more obsessed with trivia than in the past, which means that they tend to ask the president about stuff that people are talking about, even if it’s not particularly relevant to him, which then leads to the White House drafting pre-emptive statements in anticipation and so on and so forth in the usual media-political circle jerk. If he didn’t comment on them, people would be call him “out of touch” and “uncaring” and a “piece of s\*\*t” for not saying something. Such is politics these days. As for the other things, the fact that you refer to a “Benghazi murder coverup” at all suggests that perhaps your view of Obama isn’t entirely without partisan bias. ---
**Author:** ![Belowjob2.0](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Belowjob2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Belowjob2.0)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2013, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-sees-obama-as-a-huge-media-whore/663550/3 "2013-07-15T13:25:36Z")
Yeah, the “piece of sh\*t” remark sounds a little biased. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2013, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-sees-obama-as-a-huge-media-whore/663550/4 "2013-07-15T13:34:01Z")
Yes, it’s [just](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8i_0g2snK1Y) [you](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Nu6VZ9DeVc). ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2013, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-sees-obama-as-a-huge-media-whore/663550/5 "2013-07-15T13:48:43Z")
You may be the only one who thinks that’s an unexpected characteristic in a person who _ran for president of the country_. That takes quite an ego, no? Anyway, presidents are asked to comment on current events like those all the time. And of course he has commented more than once on Benghazi and the IRS thing. ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2013, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-sees-obama-as-a-huge-media-whore/663550/6 "2013-07-15T13:53:10Z")
How dare he remind us that he’s the President by, you know, appearing and stuff! ---
**Author:** ![yanceylebeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yanceylebeef/32/12290_2.png) [@yanceylebeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yanceylebeef)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2013, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-sees-obama-as-a-huge-media-whore/663550/7 "2013-07-15T13:58:30Z")
You should tell us how you really feel. Don’t hide behind euphemism and PC language! ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2013, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-sees-obama-as-a-huge-media-whore/663550/8 "2013-07-15T14:02:02Z")
> [@Reidh](#): > > Is it just me? he has too much to say about local news -issues, trevon, Arizona Firefighters, Blah Blah Blah, Things covered well by local news etc. But Nothing to say about IRS scandal? Benghazi murder coverup? Piece of S\*\*t You sound like the kind of guy who voted for him twice. What made you change your mind about our President? ---
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2013, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-sees-obama-as-a-huge-media-whore/663550/9 "2013-07-15T14:36:46Z")
Certainly unique to this President. I’ve never noticed this sort of behaviour from any other politicians. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2013, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-sees-obama-as-a-huge-media-whore/663550/10 "2013-07-15T15:02:43Z")
> [@Reidh](#): > > But Nothing to say about IRS scandal? Benghazi murder coverup? There was no Benghazi murder coverup, and [as for the IRS scandal . . .](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=695686) ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2013, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-sees-obama-as-a-huge-media-whore/663550/11 "2013-07-15T18:54:29Z")
Obama hasn’t been on TV enough. I welcome a well-spoken and honest man like him providing guidance for this nation on multitudes of subjects. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2013, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-sees-obama-as-a-huge-media-whore/663550/12 "2013-07-15T20:01:58Z")
How dare the President of the United States express his opinion on television! Who does he think he is, anyway? ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2013, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-sees-obama-as-a-huge-media-whore/663550/13 "2013-07-15T20:05:32Z")
Was this the GOP talking point for the day? Or is it just coincidence that there are two threads ([the other is in GD](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=696596)) making the same complaint about Obama within hours of each other by two different posters? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2013, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-sees-obama-as-a-huge-media-whore/663550/14 "2013-07-15T20:41:15Z")
> [@Reidh](#): > > Is it just me? he has too much to say about local news -issues, trevon, Arizona Firefighters, Blah Blah Blah, Things covered well by local news etc. But Nothing to say about IRS scandal? Benghazi murder coverup? Piece of S\*\*t He’s a politician. Media-whoring is in the job description. All of them do it- Republican, Democrat, Conservative, Labour, New Democratic, Liberal Democrat, Likud, etc… ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2013, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-sees-obama-as-a-huge-media-whore/663550/15 "2013-07-15T21:49:51Z")
Jennifer Rubin’s latest diatribe (I don’t read her column, I read the comments to her column calling her an idiot) was about Obama “politicizing the courts.” As opposed to all previous Presidents, apparently. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2013, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-sees-obama-as-a-huge-media-whore/663550/16 "2013-07-15T22:44:40Z")
> [@bump](#): > > He’s a politician. Media-whoring is in the job description. All of them do it- Republican, Democrat, Conservative, Labour, New Democratic, Liberal Democrat, Likud, etc… And, really, we don’t even need “media” as a qualifier. ---
**Author:** ![miss\_elizabeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/838e76/32.png) [@miss\_elizabeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/miss_elizabeth)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2013, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-sees-obama-as-a-huge-media-whore/663550/17 "2013-07-15T23:28:14Z")
You aren’t the only one, but you’re as biased as all the rest. Also, if you’re going to sign your posts, you should drop it down a couple lines. ---
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2013, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-sees-obama-as-a-huge-media-whore/663550/18 "2013-07-15T23:32:14Z")
> [@miss\_elizabeth](#): > > … > > Also, if you’re going to sign your posts, you should drop it down a couple lines. I see what you did there. Bravo. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-sees-obama-as-a-huge-media-whore/663550/19 "2013-07-16T00:04:04Z")
> [@miss\_elizabeth](#): > > Also, if you’re going to sign your posts, you should drop it down a couple lines. Don’t insult other posters in this forum. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-sees-obama-as-a-huge-media-whore/663550/20 "2013-07-16T00:25:51Z")
> [@bump](#): > > He’s a politician. Media-whoring is in the job description. All of them do it- Republican, Democrat, Conservative, Labour, New Democratic, Liberal Democrat, Likud, etc… Yep. You don’t get to be a politician anyone knows the name of without being a media whore. (or e-mailing the wrong person pictures of your jimmy) I’d be shocked if he wasn’t on camera as often as he is. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-sees-obama-as-a-huge-media-whore/663550.md?page=2)