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Knightskye
05-23-2009, 01:13 AM
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2009/05/do-you-want-you.html


After the event, President Obama went to the White House basketball court to shoot hoop with the Lady Huskies. The White House press corps was not allowed to attend.

Now we know why: Obama White House officials decided to do their own media report on the visit, complete with cuts, interviews, and chyrons identifying who's speaking.

Are they allowed to do that?

YouTube - Service With the Lady Huskies (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvC1bgFBiOA)

idiom
05-23-2009, 02:55 AM
Its just controlling the message.

For the longest time the Whitehouse didn't even have a pressroom because nothing ever happened.

Magicman
05-23-2009, 07:41 AM
Hey, man who cares about the economy when you can watch Obama all day and night long. Let's call it Obamavideo and pretend this guy is an awesome president because he will usher us CHANGE! Don't make any jokes about that basketball or you might get called a racist by Jeanne Garafilio-something you wouldn't want to be a racist now would you??!!!!

Drink the Obama Kool-Aid - be hip or die! You got that!

Reason
05-23-2009, 08:33 AM
Are they allowed to do that?


Of course they are "allowed"

angelatc
05-23-2009, 08:53 AM
Of course they're allowed. He's already running for re-election, you know.

AuH2O
05-23-2009, 12:58 PM
God forbid the general public find out our Savior-in-Chief actually has a low field goal percentage.

Or perhaps they are trying to cover up the fact that he shoots his free-throws "granny-style."

Kotin
05-23-2009, 01:15 PM
obamavision..

Knightskye
05-25-2009, 01:43 AM
obamavision..

Now in HD!