MSNBC on Obama: "Overexposed, again?"

[jenmito]

They gotta be kidding me! Contessa Brewer just said, "President Obama just got on Air Force One. He's heading to New York and to New Jersey to talk about the economy and to raise money for Democratic campaigns, and according to MSNBC'S First Read, that is just part of his job. The other part, he's making an appearance on The View, and so inside-the-beltway folks are asking whether the President is over-exposed."

So I went to First Read and found this: "*** Overexposed, again? Also today, Obama tapes his appearance on "The View." That appearance -- plus even his new video on Web MD explaining the health-care law and how to use HealthCare.Gov -- has once furthered a narrative that the president is overexposed. (If you'll recall, we had this same discussion last year after Obama went on Leno, etc.) There is a potential danger here, and it does highlight the fact that there really isn't another key spokesman in the administration to talk about the economy or health care. But as the White House reminds us, the media world is now so diffuse (TV, newspaper, Web, cable Twitter, Facebook) that Obama has to do more than his predecessors ever did. That's the reality. So while folks INSIDE THE BELTWAY believe he's over-exposed, and those folks that watch a lot of cable TV might believe he's overexposed, ask the working parent of two if they think the same thing. One other related point: The White House also recognizes that even while it's losing rhetorical arguments about the economy or health care, it can't give up talking about them. If it does give up, then it will not only lose the short-term battle but also the long-term war.

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/

So they make an argument about what some unnamed (probably not even real) people are saying about Obama, and then decide it's probably not true among "average" Americans? :eyes:

[jaxx]

1. They might as well get used to it.

The cables know the President is big news wherever he goes and it make the repukes crazy that he gets all that free tv time. LOL it's gonna be fun listening to them whine.

[JuniperLea]

4. It's a good thing their whining is so entertaining!

:rofl:

That's all we ever hear from them! SSHHHHHH... don't let on! You know just as soon as they understand how much fun their torment is they'll have to change their MO!

[JuniperLea]

2. It doesn't matter what he does...

He's moving too fast... he's not doing enough... he's overexposed... he's hiding from the people... he's too liberal... he's too conservative...

Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right... here I am...

[Patsy Stone]

5. You know...

It's like my grandmother, Nana Roseannadanna, used to say: It's always somethin'. If it's not one thing, it's another.

[jenmito]

7. Exactly. He can't win! n/t

[frazzled]

3. They have two basic analyses regarding the president

(1) Where is he?
(2) He's overexposed.

These of course alternate, depending on whether he is speaking on a particular day or not.

[ProSense]

6. I'm surprised they don't consider his weekly addresses overexposure. n/t

[BeyondGeography]

8. He should just take a vacation...wait, he takes too many vacations

:crazy:

[rocktivity]

9. Their real problem is that the president is exposing himself WITHOUT them

you see, THEY want to be the "narrators!"

:eyes:
rocktivity

[jenmito]

10. Good point. n/t

[discopants]

11. Obama has spoken on the economy in the last few days

and MSNBC continues to talk about what the GOP is doing or Sharrod/race or whatever controversy FoxNews is talking about ... then they say the polls say people want to hear about jobs ... and the President is not spending his time addressing concerns on the economy.

[FrenchieCat]

12. Those MSNBC commentators are the ones overexposed!

I no longer watch MSNBC (except for Rachel), because I get tired of seeing the same old faces
trying to manipulate me. Enough is enough!

[jenmito]

14. "The Place for Politics" is a misnomer. Contessa Brewer finished her statement by saying

of course they'll bring us Obama at the sub shop in NJ and did no such thing. They do their best to NOT give him (positive) exposure.

[WI_DEM]

13. this is more of the made up "news" that fill the 24-hour cable news channel

do you think that ordinary citizens are saying, "Obama's overexposed"--it's just insider and pundits who have to create stories.

[jenmito]

15. Here's the video of Obama speaking in Edison, NJ at a sub shop:

I didn't see it covered on any cable news network: http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/294800-1

[treestar]

16. Plenty for the media to fear

Whenever the President speaks, his ratings go up. "Overexposed" hurts their right wing talking points!

[Jennicut]

17. Weren't the media just saying a few weeks ago he needed to be on tv MORE?

Idiots. I give up, they are all idiots.