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To: Peter Dierks who wrote (32575)	2/11/2009 11:54:17 AM
From: Oral Roberts	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71588

Obama is trying to manipulate the media cycle. He did it very successfully throughout the campaign. Doing it as President is inexcusable however. Taking questions from a blogger is just f-ing nuts. How long will media outlets be snubbed by the One before they blow a rod and start torching him?

To: Peter Dierks who wrote (32575)	2/11/2009 10:47:33 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Respond to of 71588

"Obama is trying to manipulate the media cycle." They ALL do. It's called 'politics'. That's why (& the recently-departed-from-Washington younger Bush admin. was expert at this...) they announce unpopular stuff late in the day (after deadlines have passed for the evening news operations) and or on a Friday (when viewership is especially low). And release popular stuff when they can make the biggest media splash and call the most attention to it.... The tools of politics. :-)