Stewart Mocks Media For Calling Obama 'Overexposed'
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The "Daily Show" took on Obama's critics this week after the president appeared on all five major Sunday talk shows to discuss his health care plan and the state of the country. Jon Stewart noted that "the press bitterly complained about lack of access to President Bush" and posited that they must have been excited to hear that this would not be an issue with our new commander-in-chief. Cut to clips of every newscaster in America calling Obama overexposed and the like, prompting Stewart to call the media "professional yentas with time to kill" and "thin-skinned superficial jackasses." LinkHere
Is McCain Risking ‘Overexposure’? Senator To Make His 13th Sunday Show Appearance Since JanuaryLast week when President Obama appeared on five Sunday morning public affairs shows, the media went crazy wondering whether he was risking “overexposure.” (Of course, Obama’s aggressive communications push on health care came after weeks of criticism from reporters that he wasn’t visible enough.)
Americans aren’t sick of hearing from their president. A new poll shows that only 34 percent of the public believes they are hearing “too much” from Obama; 54 percent say they are hearing “about the right amount.”
The person who does seem to be getting an inordinate amount of exposure is defeated presidential candidate Sen. John McCain (R-AZ). ABC’s This Week host George Stephanopoulos is pumping an “EXCLUSIVE” interview he has scored with the senator this week. But as Steve Benen points out, it’s not really all that exclusive:
For those keeping score at home, this will be McCain’s 13th Sunday morning appearance since President Obama’s inauguration in January. That’s 36 Sundays, for an average of a McCain appearance every 2.7 weeks.
Since the president took office, McCain has been on “Meet the Press” twice (July 12 and March 29), “Face the Nation” three times (August 30, April 26, and February 8), CNN’s “State of the Union” twice (August 2 and February 15), and “Fox News Sunday” three times (July 2, March 8, and January 25). His appearance on “This Week” on Sunday will be his third visit in five months (September 27, August 23, and May 10). LinkHere
The "Daily Show" took on Obama's critics this week after the president appeared on all five major Sunday talk shows to discuss his health care plan and the state of the country. Jon Stewart noted that "the press bitterly complained about lack of access to President Bush" and posited that they must have been excited to hear that this would not be an issue with our new commander-in-chief. Cut to clips of every newscaster in America calling Obama overexposed and the like, prompting Stewart to call the media "professional yentas with time to kill" and "thin-skinned superficial jackasses." LinkHere| The Daily Show With Jon Stewart | Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c | |||
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Is McCain Risking ‘Overexposure’? Senator To Make His 13th Sunday Show Appearance Since January
Americans aren’t sick of hearing from their president. A new poll shows that only 34 percent of the public believes they are hearing “too much” from Obama; 54 percent say they are hearing “about the right amount.”
The person who does seem to be getting an inordinate amount of exposure is defeated presidential candidate Sen. John McCain (R-AZ). ABC’s This Week host George Stephanopoulos is pumping an “EXCLUSIVE” interview he has scored with the senator this week. But as Steve Benen points out, it’s not really all that exclusive:
For those keeping score at home, this will be McCain’s 13th Sunday morning appearance since President Obama’s inauguration in January. That’s 36 Sundays, for an average of a McCain appearance every 2.7 weeks.
Since the president took office, McCain has been on “Meet the Press” twice (July 12 and March 29), “Face the Nation” three times (August 30, April 26, and February 8), CNN’s “State of the Union” twice (August 2 and February 15), and “Fox News Sunday” three times (July 2, March 8, and January 25). His appearance on “This Week” on Sunday will be his third visit in five months (September 27, August 23, and May 10). LinkHere
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