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White House press corps stories: 13 news summaries

(Newser) - Barack Obama maintained his trademark cool at last night's press conference, but he seemed back in campaign mode as he offered "well-honed arguments and sound bites" in favor of health care reform, writes Jane Sasseen of BusinessWeek. The president did a good job selling his plan, but he... More »

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Barack Obama • media • health care costs • press conference • health care reform • Obama administration • White House press corps

(Newser) - Helen Thomas has covered a lot of presidents, and she’s not much of a fan of how the current one manages the press. The 89-year-old reporter tells CNS that Obama’s White House tries to stage-manage news conferences and other media events like no other. “Nixon didn’t... More »

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media • White House • reporter • Helen Thomas • Robert Gibbs • President Obama • White House press corps

opinion

Bloggers Differ on Merits
of HuffPo Question


Jun 23, 09 7:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Michael Calderone of Politico suggests that the Huffington Post and the White House got a little too cozy today before President Obama's press conference. "In what appeared to be a coordinated exchange," Obama called on HuffPo reporter Nico Pitney for a question on Iran, and he seemed to... More »

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Iran • press conference • Huffington Post • President Obama • White House press corps • Nico Pitney

(Newser) - Robert Gibbs said today Sonia Sotomayor regrets the way she phrased 2001 comments that have some Republicans calling the Supreme Court nominee a racist, the Hill reports. “I think she'd say that her word choice was poor,” the White House press secretary said. He suggested that Sotomayor... More »

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Rush Limbaugh • racism • US Supreme Court • press secretary • Obama administration • Robert Gibbs • President Obama • White House press corps • David Duke • Sonia Sotomayor • word choice • Latina

Anonymous Briefings Rile White House Press Corps

Members considering staging protest

May 10, 09 7:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - The White House press corps is fed up with background briefings given by “senior administration officials” whose names can’t be revealed, and journalists are considering a protest, Politico reports. An AP reporter has urged the press to team up against such briefings. But frustrated reporters are still attending... More »

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media • press conference • anonymous • Obama administration • White House press corps

 Why Obama's Everywhere 
 You Look, Listen, Read  

President looks to get past media filter

Mar 24, 09 11:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - When it came to getting past what he called “the media filter,” President Bush’s favorite strategy was to go around it. President Obama’s style is more to go over, under, around, and through, courting both the new and mainstream media in an effort to communicate directly... More »

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media • online media • New York Times • talk radio • blogger • 60 Minutes • Huffington Post • niche • Robert Gibbs • President Obama • White House press corps

ANALYSIS

Gibbs Isn't Afraid to Throw Verbal Punches

Obama spokesman
lets Limbaugh & Co.
dig their own holes

Mar 6, 09 11:23 AM CST
(Newser) - Robert Gibbs has shown he’s not afraid to skewer the likes of Rush Limbaugh and cable-TV talking heads in his White House press briefings, but he also knows when the best tactic is standing aside. “If your enemies are fighting themselves, then don’t get in the way,... More »

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Rush Limbaugh • CNBC • Jim Cramer • Robert Gibbs • President Obama • White House press corps • Rick Santelli

ANALYSIS

White House Reporters Trade Puff for Access

The 'beat sweetener' laudatory profile is early-term tradition

Mar 4, 09 1:22 PM CST
(Newser) - Readers of just about any national news outlet might’ve noticed a flood of good press about top White House aides lately. It’s not coincidence, and it’s not bias, Michael Calderone writes for Politico. Called a “beat sweetener,” such pieces aim to cultivate sources by praising... More »

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New York Times • Newsweek • Rahm Emanuel • journalistic ethics • Obama administration • reporters • Robert Gibbs • President Obama • White House press corps • Jonathan Alter • Mark Leibovich

ANALYSIS

 Wary Obama Dances 
 With the Press 

Tech-savvy president doesn't bypass traditional outlets

Feb 9, 09 8:34 AM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama has made unprecedented strides using the Internet as a means of direct communication with constituents—but the president still relies on the old-school strategy of buttering up the White House press corps. Since taking office Obama has spoken to reporters nearly every weekday, and had sit-down interviews with... More »

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Barack Obama • media • Katie Couric • Tom Daschle • White House press corps

Journos Already Chafed Over
WH Access

'Rookie mistake'
keeps press from second oath-taking

Jan 23, 09 9:29 AM CST
(Newser) - Day 4, and already the White House and the press are squabbling? Press Secretary Robert Gibbs’ maiden briefing included outbursts from reporters angry over what they saw as opaque behavior, Politico reports. The top complaint: Only four reporters, and no non-White House cameras, were allowed at President Obama’s retaking... More »

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freedom of press • press secretary • Obama administration • reporters • Robert Gibbs • White House press corps

First White House Briefing Addresses Gitmo, Oath

Lots of questions, little actual news as Gibbs meets the press anew

Jan 22, 09 2:20 PM CST
(Newser) - White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs met his audience for the first time, covering everything from President Obama’s oaths to the economy to torture, the Chicago Tribune reports. Gibbs faced questions about the administration’s hiring of a lobbyist, against previously stated rules—“Any standard is not perfect”... More »

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torture • White House • Guantanamo Bay • press secretary • Obama administration • Robert Gibbs • President Obama • White House press corps • economic downturn

 Meet the 'Barack Whisperer' 

Future press secretary Gibbs has uncommon bond with Obama

Nov 12, 08 9:51 AM CST
(Newser) - White House press secretaries can be little more than “a flunky who gets handed a piece of paper with some talking points.” But Robert Gibbs, next in line for the job, has had an uncommonly close relationship with Barack Obama since his Illinois senate campaign, the Washington Post... More »

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Barack Obama • press secretary • Robert Gibbs • President Obama • White House press corps

 Expect More Diversity 
 in Press Corps 
 

Media organizations rejigger White House teams

Nov 7, 08 2:28 AM CST
(Newser) - The White House press corps is likely to get a diversity makeover as news organizations prepare for the Obama administration. Beat assignments haven't been announced, but Liberian-born New York Times reporter Helene Cooper will be on the White House beat, sources tell Politico. Although it isn't necessary to have black... More »

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Barack Obama • White House • diversity • reporters • President Obama • White House press corps • Helene Cooper

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