Glad he is dead...the "media" should have let Obama be the one to announce it

[demtenjeep]

but they just had to "spill the beans" if you will


This was Obama's thunder...should have been!

[Rhiannon12866]

1. Good point!

:shrug: :(

[Drunken Irishman]

2. Probably best...builds an audience...

How many people would have tuned in if they didn't know bin Laden was dead?

[Drunken Irishman]

3. dupe

[Drale]

4. They would never ever let that happen

If they couldn't keep a lid on the fact that Superman is going to give up his citizenship, they're not going to keep this bomb under raps.

[Indydem]

5. Maybe he should have taken the podium at 10:30 like he asked.

Instead of making the networks fill dead air for 40+minutes.

[WhiteTara]

6. He was supposed to speak at 10:30 EDT and it is now

11:14PM...I'd say he gave up his thunder.

[ArcticFox]

7. If Obama wanted to be the first to say so, he could have appeared on schedule

[DURHAM D]

8. Its not just the media. - its the WH insiders who want to be "important".

Also, other members of the Executive Branch who can't keep their mouths shut.

[KittyWampus]

15. truer words never spoken. Insiders wanting to be important. Yup.

[BlueCheese]

9. The news media's job is to report.

Not to help the government stage-manage things.

[cbdo2007]

10. yep - and President Obama is STILL not on.

I dont' want to see these idiots on ABC I want to see my President!!!

[Tx4obama]

11. NBC said that 'congressional staffers' leaked the story. n/t

[Schema Thing]

12. they waited till 10:30

which is no doubt what they were asked to do.


the cat was out of the bag as soon as the 10:30 timeframe was announced by white house

[Stinky The Clown]

13. When the media gets a story and then confirms it, they ought to report it.

We had a compliant media when bush was in power. You might recall that. It was monumentally unhelpful.

[dems_rightnow]

16. Holding a huge story for 45 minutes

At the request of the White House doesn't compromise journalistic integrity.

[Drunken Irishman]

19. Agreed.

[Stinky The Clown]

21. Actually, it does.

How much coziness do we tolerate? 45 minutes? 45 days? Was it all okay when bush was in power and the media lied to us?

The answer is: we ought not tolerate any coziness with the white house.

[spanone]

14. the internet has changed the game

[LTR]

17. This is the tease

Always seems to work this way. I'm thinking the WH leaked it to lead up to the speech, to draw more attention.

[Codeine]

18. Why? their job is to report the news, not feed political egos.

I sincerely do not understand your statement.

[ohheckyeah]

20. Special Report

Twice in two nights President Obama bests Donald Trump. He interrupted the board meeting on Celebrity Apprentice tonight. LOL