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Campbell Brown and CNN Get Tiresome On Barack Obama and Media Criticism

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Campbell Brown does not have a healthy wholesome audience, assuming that she does have an audience. The country is behind Obama and wants to see him succeed. Her sniping at him just turns people off. And, she will never replace Keith Oberman if that is her goal. I turn her off immediately.

Virginia Stephens of CA 12:37PM December 25, 2008

You're right sir. For years, I (like everyone else) have been forced to endure the reporter's use of confidential and anonymous sources (which I ACCEPT the need for)without going overboard wandering if the Press is being truthful about the need. I find it hypocrital that reporters are asking Mr. Obama everyday of the week to reveal matters he has explained that he will reveal when the time is appropriate, and yet the Media ALWAYS has a cache of people whom they wish up to ACCEPT and UNDERSTAND they can never reveal. Oh the hypocrisy!

C Walker of CA 9:19PM December 17, 2008

He hired someone he said can't do the job. I'm I missing something here? Pull your heads of your ___ and deal with the facts. Cry babys!

of 9:14AM December 06, 2008

He hired someone he said can't do the job. I'm I missing something here? Pull your heads of your ___ and deal with the facts. Cry babys!

of 9:14AM December 06, 2008

I am normally a fairly loyal watcher of CNN, and I heard that program the other night. It's not the first time I've heard Campbell Brown get WAY UP on her high horse, over something relatively inconsequential.
If Obama WAS the typical politician, sticking it to his enemies royally at every opportunity, they would be skewering him for that. The fact that he takes a competitor and combines his or her strengths with his own is a signal to me that we are on to something good.
So far most of the press has been in his corner, causing the far right to hate him even more than they normally would. Maybe Campbell was just trying to throw them a bone.

Phoenician Lady of AZ 11:01PM December 04, 2008

Dems have been mad for 8 years about "Bush's lies", and now another liar is headed to the Casa Blanca. It's no big deal, at least the right guy won.....right?
I am encouraged by some of Obama's actions and Cabinet selections that he won't be a pawn to the left-wing nutcases that helped him win the election. Nevertheless,he lied........so much for the Politics of Change!

Bozo of MI 11:57AM December 04, 2008

If some of you honestly believe the media have spent the last 8 years on vacation, you're poorly informed. I think Bush was a terrible President but you'd only have to listen to the Daily Press Briefing at the White House or State Department (which I have done nearly every single day) to hear the clear and vigorous animus of the press corps for this Administration, present since the beginning of his first term. The "charm offensive" could never quite paper over the existential hostility Bush faced.
In any event, if a pliant media is a bad thing, isn't it a bad thing for both Republicans and Democrats? Or should the media now fail to hold those in power to account out of some misplaced sense of consistency?
I also fail to see how Obama answered the question, which I felt was a perfectly legitimate question. Either Senator Clinton is qualified in the area of foreign policy or she isn't, and we all know what the President-Elect said during the campaign. If we've elected a man who thinks legitimate questions are distractions or games, it'll be a long 4-8 years for everyone, partisanship aside. Count on it.

DrSteve of PA 11:43AM December 04, 2008

The commentary by Campbell Brown was soooooo Fox-like, it was pathetic. I'd like to remind Ms. Brown and all of the other so called media. Where were all of you when George Bush and his administration was tearing our country apart, taking away our rights and, not one of you asked Bush or anyone else any questions about Iraq or anything else because all of you were afraid to be labeled "UnAmerican" How dare you, Campbell Brown attack President-elect Obama about some reporter wanting his 15 minutes of fame and you and the other media people refused to question George Bush for at least 6 years and if a question was asked, I don't believe you got a straight answer, because he never had one.
Be glad that you actually have now a President who has the intelligence to answer questions thoughtfully and intelligently.

Marilyn of SC 10:44AM December 04, 2008

Mr. Farrell, I hope I can be forgiven if I'm frustrated with a media that made sure I knew the exact date and time Sarah Palin's water broke, and what her tanning bed cost, but couldn't tell me if Barack Obama took an Economics class in college.
The President-Elect (and I wish him well, for all our sakes) already has a paid professional communications staff ready to be installed at the White House. He doesn't need you and your colleagues running interference for him. Wipe the drool off your chin and do your job, please. Ms. Brown actually managed to get this one right.

DrSteve of PA 8:28AM December 04, 2008