In South Africa: Obama Tells U.S. Media to ‘Behave’
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Obama, in South Africa, Tells U.S. Media to 'Behave'
by Joel B. Pollak 30 Jun 2013 1397 post a comment
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 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/Rosen scandals have deepened the mistrust.
by Joel B. Pollak 30 Jun 2013 1397 post a comment
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 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/Rosen scandals have deepened the mistrust.
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"What is your favorite color?"
Obamas favorite question.
If only the press corps really did behave and do their damn jobs, we wouldn't be in this mess.
We wouldn't have an admitted Kenyan born, admitted communist bend on a transformation of this country to a communist hellhole.
Obamas favorite question.
If only the press corps really did behave and do their damn jobs, we wouldn't be in this mess.
We wouldn't have an admitted Kenyan born, admitted communist bend on a transformation of this country to a communist hellhole.
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What an arrogant putz.
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If he really is all that, why ask him questions at all?
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Awfully paternalistic for someone that grew up without a father...
maybe that's part of it...he strikes me as a little borderline, and who wouldn't be when one has to act "as if' about the emotions, expressions, and feelings of something you haven't experienced..
By all accounts he seems a pretty involved father himself to his credit.
Why is it that he speaks of empowering his daughters while he knows better than all of us grown-ass adults on every subject you can name?
My theory is his attitude about his daughters selecting their own future is just regurgitated feminism or parroting Michelle.
maybe that's part of it...he strikes me as a little borderline, and who wouldn't be when one has to act "as if' about the emotions, expressions, and feelings of something you haven't experienced..
By all accounts he seems a pretty involved father himself to his credit.
Why is it that he speaks of empowering his daughters while he knows better than all of us grown-ass adults on every subject you can name?
My theory is his attitude about his daughters selecting their own future is just regurgitated feminism or parroting Michelle.
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