When Obama is President, should he deny access to Faux, Mooney Press and other RW rags?

[berni_mccoy]

I'm sick and tired of the crap these guys spew. They should be banished to the likes of the National Enquirer as sensationalistic rags. It would be a bold move to deny them any sort of access to the White House Press Room and to deny them ANY press credentials in Congress. They don't report facts anyway, they just make shit up, so they should be relegated to doing that and stay out of the way of important business.

They will still have freedom of the press to report whatever they want and to protect their sources, but they should be given the proper respect they deserve.

[VeraAgnes]

1. I see no problem with them sitting in

the last row, way behind the independents and skinhead news reporters.

[demokatgurrl]

2. No, I think he should try to educate them

Surely (hopefully?) other sources will print and broadcast the truth, and I don't think Obama will hesitate to call Faux and others out on a lie.

[Uben]

3. Yes

They should make it a pre-requisite for news agencies to report the truth in order to have access to the president. They should have to vow to tell the truth or lose their priviledges!

[ITsec]

4. No

Only because I believe Obama fully supports the First Amendment, and would not create that kind of volatile environment.

However, there's nothing that goes against that by just putting them in the last row in the back, and then never calling on them when they start asking questions.

[elocs]

5. I would answer this questions with a question: what would President Obama do?

My guess is that our new president will disappoint and piss off many here by not being vengeful and vindictive, as deserving as it may be.

[Richardo]

8. You've got it exactly right

Obama will be the new Pelosi

[leftofcool]

18. No he won't. Pelosi has done nothing. Obama will do many things

[Richardo]

19. He won't be left enough for many on this board...

...if he talks to a Republican without spitting on his shoes he'll be accused by many here of selling out.

[polichick]

6. I'd shut them out - but don't think Barack will.

[WallStreetNobody]

7. He should give them a taste of what Bush has done for 8 years

He shouldn't give anything exclusive or grant any interviews to any of their people who he doesn't think are fair - which is everyone at Fox.

[genna]

9. He can control how many seats each group gets in the WH Briefing room

I think he should broaden the number of seats to smaller papers and some bloggers.

There is no written in stone, rhyme or reason as to why some media gets better seats than others.

I'd choose to make that appeal broader.

[gravity]

10. It would look worst if Obama did deny Fox News

Instead, whenever Fox blatantly lies, the Obama team should say that Fox News is a RW rag and can't be taken seriously.

[treestar]

11. Yes, why not - relegate them to the status of the National Enquirer

Which they deserve. Heck, since they make all their shit up, why do they even need to be present to hear anything? they can read about it in the serious media and then make up their shit.

[Maven]

12. No, I think he should keep handling them the way he does now.

Grant them minimal access while still calling them on their bias.

Put them on the defensive, the way the right has done for years with their "liberal media" bullshit.

[kwolf68]

13. He should marginalize them

But he won't. Obama will give these right wing huckers respect as 'journalistic' institutions. He will wipe the slate clean. Obama is trying to build a coalition that will change the world and setting up battle lines before he even takes office isn't the way to do that.

That being said, you bet your ass he'll call them out on their bullshit when appropriate (which will probably be often).

[nc4bo]

14. Nope, as much as I'd wish it were so. I do believe we MUST have a countermedia

that encourages diversity and a return to real journalism instead of relying on sensationalism and opinions to contaminate the truth and facts.

I think a good start would be to pick up the crumbled pieces of the Fairness Doctrine, modernize it and incorporate all cable and satellite services under it's control.

[L0oniX]

16. Countermedia is one thing but what faux does is no better than the Star, Globe and Enquirer.

When we need to know about aliens, infotainment and other bull shit stories we can go watch faux.

[gravity]

21. But what if Bush banned the NY Times

I know it isn't comparable to Fox, but you don't want to start the precedent of only allowing media who agrees with you.

[TragedyandHope]

15. No, but he should work to stimulate smaller, diverse, regional media ownership

Media consolidation has been a disaster for news and journalism. A "free press" shouldn't be limited to only two corporate viewpoints.

[onenote]

17. list of WH Correspondents as of 7.30.08

Correspondents

ABC
Ann Compton:
Martha Raddatz:


Agence France Presse
Olivier Knox
Laurent Lozano


American Urban Radio Networks
April Ryan


Associated Press
Ben Feller:
Jennifer Loven:
Deb Riechmann:
Mark Smith


Bloomberg
Edwin Chen:
Roger Runningen:


CBS
Mark Knoller (Radio):
Peter Maer (Radio):
Bill Plante:
Jim Axelrod:


Chicago Tribune
Mark Silva:

Christian Broadcasting Network
Melissa Charbonneau:


Christian Science Monitor
Linda Feldmann:

Copley News Service
George E. Condon Jr.:
Finlay Lewis


Cox News Service
Bob Deans:
Ken Herman:

CNN
Ed Henry:
Elaine Quijano
Suzanne Malveaux


Dallas Morning News
Todd J. Gillman:


Dow Jones Newswires
Henry J. Pulizzi:


Financial Times
Edward Luce:
Andrew Ward:


Fox News
Bret Baier:
Wendell Goler:


Hearst
Helen Thomas:

Houston Chronicle
Julie Mason:

Human Events
John Gizzi:


Los Angeles Times
James Gerstenzang:
Johanna Neuman:


McClatchy
William Douglas:

David Lightman:

National Journal
Carl M. Cannon:
Alexis Simendinger:


National Public Radio
Don Gonyea:
David Greene:

National Review
Byron York:

NBC News
David Gregory:
John Yang:
Kevin Corke:

Newsweek
Holly Bailey:
Richard Wolffe:

New York Daily News
Kenneth R. Bazinet:

New York Times:
Steven Lee Myers:
Sheryl Gay Stolberg:

Reuters
Tabassum Zakaria:

Salem Radio Network
Greg Clugston

Scripps Howard
Ann McFeatters:

Slate
John F. Dickerson:

Talk Radio News Service
Ellen Ratner:

Time
Massimo Calabresi:


USA Today
David Jackson:


U.S. News
Kenneth T. Walsh:


Voice of America
Scott Stearns:
Paula Wolfson:


Wall Street Journal
John D. McKinnon:

Washington Examiner
Bill Sammon:


The Washington Post
Michael Abramowitz:
Dan Eggen:


Washington Times
Joseph Curl
Jon Ward:

[DangerDave921]

20. how much Fox do you watch?

When you say "they just make shit up" what is that based on?

I watch a lot of politcal TV at night, including Fox. And Fox always has plenty of liberal talking heads on there for debate. And I sometimes cathc their straight news too (as opposed to their commentary). The news seems pretty even to me in terms of reporting the day's events.

I know I'm in the minority, but I just don't get the obsessive Fox hatred.

[Perky]

22. If Bush banned MSNBC would you object?

Of course you would.
Are they equivalent? I would argue that in the eyes of the respctive fans O'Reilly/Hannity = Olbermann We view each other's with equal disdain and think our folks walk on water.

It would be damning and divisive however good it might feel,