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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPresident Obama failed...
...to put our crappy media hacks in their proper place. Instead, he commended them said he was proud of them.
Fail.
The rest of his WHCD appearance was funny and had me
underthematrix
(5,811 posts)some whitespeak
Firebrand Gary
(5,044 posts)underthematrix
(5,811 posts)He had to throw in a compliment so they wouldn't be totally heartbroken cause he called out their FACT FREE reporting.
I never watched the WHCD before PBO and I don't plan to ever watch again.
CJCRANE
(18,184 posts)was a thing of beauty. He called out the media and Bushco to their faces.
rainy
(6,096 posts)brutal truth to power moment in the spotlight. I was in awe of his bravery
Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)The fact that a lot of the press found it profoundly unfunny only made it better... I don't think whoever set Colbert up in that gig had any idea what he was actually about or they would never have put him there.
JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,387 posts)I hate both of them.
It's not his initials.
TDale313
(7,820 posts)And to his credit President Obama did them out on creating the Trumpenstein Monster with their coverage of him.
99th_Monkey
(19,326 posts)SunSeeker
(51,827 posts)Unrepentant Fenian
(1,078 posts)lighthearted and funny. Like an old Dean Martin Roast. It's a time to bury hatchets and let the participants laugh at themselves. If President Obama, with all the pressures he faces every day can do it...maybe we can too.
surrealAmerican
(11,370 posts)... intended to tell them what they should be doing.
Boomerproud
(7,987 posts)It was only in the last minute anyway, and he commended the journalists who seek the TRUTH, not the media in general.
malaise
(269,365 posts)ChisolmTrailDem
(9,463 posts)...heard about the press from him was the very last thing he said, which sounded like praise and pride in the media.
But...I have the tape! I will go back and watch again.