Hey Kudlow! It's PRESIDENT Obama, not Mr. Obama, you dickhead!

[muntrv]

On Chris Hayes now.

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. Depends, if it is the NYT, and the tradition goes to the begining of last century

Mr. Obama, or Mr. Bush is perfectly acceptable.

There are reporters on the tv machine that will use the NYT style sheet. AP will use President first, and then just Obama.

[pnwmom]

5. Isn't it usually President Obama for the first reference in an article?

[nadinbrzezinski]

8. AP absolutely.

NYT IMO it should. But it is not enforced across the board. The editorial page is where you see it the least.

It used to annoy me, but it no longer does. To their credit they have been pulling these stunts since Clinton at least. Kudlow, iirc, started at the Times

[pinboy3niner]

2. It's an accepted way to refer to the President

In journalism, most news stylebooks require "President" be used on first reference and "Mr." afterward.

[DURHAM D]

3. I don't care so much about that as the fact that Chris gave

him a microphone.

With friends like that who needs...

[Gravitycollapse]

4. It depends on the source. It is not always the case that referring to him as Mr. is degrading.

[BumRushDaShow]

6. He looked like he was on too many tranquilizers. nt

[badtoworse]

7. It's common practice. Nothing wrong with it.