Saturday, April 4, 2009
Attitudes
Despite their support of him, evidently the press can be just as unable to see and report the whole story about President Obama as they were about his predecessor.
It's tiresome and such a pain that one must read seven hundred thousand press reports in order to get even a glimmer of what really happens. My personal favorite example of this is a presidential press conference. Watching one and then reading or watching reports on it is a perplexing but enlightening experience.
The attitude nonsense from Strasbourg started with something Obama said in his 'town hall' appearance. American reports have it, with surprise and some discomfort, that he criticized American arrogance toward the rest of the world. They ask why he goes abroad and disses his own country. Ah, but did he?
What Obama actually said was that BOTH sides of the Atlantic have been suffering from bad attitudes toward each other - arrogance and superiority galore - and that BOTH need to let it go and renew a vital alliance. (Full story here.) Amen. (Sometimes, should one shoot the messenger?)
It's tiresome and such a pain that one must read seven hundred thousand press reports in order to get even a glimmer of what really happens. My personal favorite example of this is a presidential press conference. Watching one and then reading or watching reports on it is a perplexing but enlightening experience.
The attitude nonsense from Strasbourg started with something Obama said in his 'town hall' appearance. American reports have it, with surprise and some discomfort, that he criticized American arrogance toward the rest of the world. They ask why he goes abroad and disses his own country. Ah, but did he?
What Obama actually said was that BOTH sides of the Atlantic have been suffering from bad attitudes toward each other - arrogance and superiority galore - and that BOTH need to let it go and renew a vital alliance. (Full story here.) Amen. (Sometimes, should one shoot the messenger?)
Labels: people of note, press
