I literally laughed out loud after reading this article..... On Mon, Jul 1, 2013 at 8:36 AM, Travis <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > > **** > > Obama Tells U.S. Media to ‘Behave’ **** > > Posted on June 30, > 2013<http://conservativebyte.com/2013/06/obama-tells-u-s-media-to-behave/>by > Conservative > Byte <http://conservativebyte.com/author/jaytaylor/> **** > > [image: Barack Obama, Jacob > Zuma]<http://conservbyte.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Obama-Behave.jpg> > **** > > Obama should watch how he treats his most staunch supporters. > Check it out:**** > > * > President Barack Obama told American reporters to “behave” during a joint > press conference with President Jacob Zuma of South Africa on Saturday. ** > *** > > *Obama was warning U.S. journalists not to ask too many questions in one, > complaining that “my press” tried too squeeze “three or four or five > questions in there,” complimenting Zuma on his more compliant media. ***** > > *(The Associated Press noted that “both U.S. and South African reporters > asked multi-part questions,” though seconded Obama’s description of U.S. > journalists as “his press corps.”)***** > > *Press freedom is being challenged in South Africa, where the ruling > African National Congress (ANC) chafes at criticism of its difficulties and > resents exposure of its numerous corruption scandals. Television networks > are dominated by the government-owned South African Broadcasting > Corporation (SABC), which favors a pro-ANC line, and Internet media growth > has been stunted by the state telecommunications monopoly, Telkom. ***** > > *Yet Zuma, though frequently at loggerheads with local media, would > hardly dare tell them to “behave.”***** > > Obama's admonition of American journalists is not the first time he has > rebuked them in the presence of a foreign leader, on foreign soil. **** > > In March, during a joint press conference with Israeli Prime Minister > Benjamin Netanyahu, he > scolded<http://newsbusters.org/blogs/kyle-drennen/2013/03/20/obama-scolds-incorrigible-nbcer-chuck-todd-asking-too-many-questions-a>NBC > reporter Chuck Todd for asking several questions, saying an Israeli > reporter who asked only one question had "behaved" better. **** > > Despite enjoying the support of mainstream media, Obama has often remained > aloof from the press, and the recent > AP<http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/05/15/Congressman-Holder-may-have-violated-federal-law-by-not-recusing-from-AP-phone-scandal-in-writing> > /Rosen<http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Journalism/2013/05/20/WH-Press-Corps-Shows-Rare-Anger-over-Rosen-Case>scandals > have deepened the mistrust. > **** > > > > Read more: > http://conservativebyte.com/2013/06/obama-tells-u-s-media-to-behave/#ixzz2XjcOfyux > **** > > > __._,_.___ > > > > > > > __,_._,___ > > > -- > -- > Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. > For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum > > * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ > * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. > * Read the latest breaking news, and more. > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "PoliticalForum" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "PoliticalForum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
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