Neverleft:  If Gibbs couldn't say "uh," his press conferences would be 15 minutes shorter.  Every other utterance out of his mouth is "uh."  He's not as glib as some press secretaries have been in the past. 

And I must agree with CurtDalton that real press journalism is dead.  DOA.  Sad. 

Established Main Stream Media...

Selling access?   http://www.politico.com/new...   

Contempt for Internet Bloggers (news) ?  http://gawker.com/5305089/c...

Conglomerate ownership biases?  http://www.globalissues.org...

Tell me again why I should believe the media.

Obama may be able to answer the tough questions but Gibb can't.  He's a nothing and not up to the job.

Obama has a habit of getting snotty with reporters who insist on him answering questions he isn't preparred for.    I guess transparancy was just a campaign slogan after all.

RF: Obama can handle them. But his mouthpiece, Gibbs, can't!  What a yo-yo!!!

I'm with you Nancy!!!

INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM IS DEAD!

The death of investigative journalism is directly proportional to the ability of the government to lie with impunity.  To exacerbate the problem, reporting something critical of a politician will result in the news organization being denied access to political events and news conferences.  

It's a vicious cycle.  

The only thing that gets reported is complimentary information and the detrimental information is killed at the editors desk - as they are afraid of being denied the ability to gather more news.  That's why we are spoon-fed celebrity mis-steps as if it were news - to divert our attention from newsworthy events which we may find controversial.

Don't look for anything to change soon.  No one has the balls to go against the system.

If I could have the exact same care that Obama and congresspeople have NOW I might go along with nationalized health care.  But it would have to be the SAME with the SAME choices, doctors and hospitals and the same cost to me as it is to them.

Think there's a chance of that happening?

The vast majority of the media does NOT lean to the right. MSNBC, NBC, CNN, ABC, all those chanels. Reps have 1 channel, Fox. Now tell me how media leans to the right. Hogwash!! Do you think reps are having some kind of imaginary takeover?

Where's old Nj....? Not the right story for his agenda? Ha!! They are wising up because we are refusing to watch them, and emailing all of them on their slobbering love affair with the fraud running this county into socialism.

They really should get on board with the rest of America, as it is, they are hanging on my a fingernail, especially the Liberal Rags out there, the Huff n Puff, Washington Post, etc.

I'll say January, 2017.

What's the over and under for when Gibbs gets tossed under the Obama bus.

I don't think there is such a thing as liberal media, especially in television. 

Certainly not anything like what is claimed.  The vast majority of the media in the country lean right. 

I don't think there is such a thing as liberal media, especially in television. The corporate media's policies and coverage of issues are determined by what they think will make the most money.  The media and both political parties gave more attention to Generals, politicians, and pro war advocates, than people who were questioning the Iraqi War.  Phil Donahue got fired from MSNBC and was replaced by Michael Savage.

Currently, important events and issues are being debated and the media is feeding its audience information on Sanford and Michael Jackson. Sanford is a jerk, and South Carolina needs to examine whether he took state money for his trip to Argentina, but it doesn't warrant 20 minutes of an hour newscast. Jackson was very popular in the 80s, but it should be left to Entertainment Tonight.

I haven't been following the healthcare legislation closely, but it appears that single payer healthcare is off the table before it was even on the table. I doubt that pharmaceutical companies will lose any profits. They donate heavily to both Democrats and Republicans.  People who defend pharmaceutical companies need to realize that they charge US customers higher rates for the same medicine as Canada. They also receive huge public research grants from the USA. They then use that research to patent a medicine and charge a ridiculous price.

Insurance companies are a different issue. Their function is to make money, so from a business perspective they are going to deny coverage to people with pre-existing conditions, such as diabetes, to avoid losing money. So, I believe that the government should provide people health care needs through taxes, similar to Medicare and Medi-Cal programs. Let's face it national politicians have the best health care policy in the US, and it's funded by the public. They need to allow the public to have the same options.

My favorite news shows are The Colbert Report and The Daily Show, because they provide information on important issues while making fun of how mainstream news overreports on trivial matters.   

witters, Yes FINALLY, and I hope it is contagious.

I think you'll find that the "liberal media" (which is to say, Rachel Maddow and Keith Olberman) might well agree.

In related news, conservative media outlet Washington Post poo'ed the scrooch today:

http://voices.washingtonpos...

Wish they'd done that eight years ago.  We might not be in Iraq.

If the press wants to ask tougher questions, you won't find any objections from me.  Obama can handle them.

woooooooooooooooooo yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa FINALLY!!!! somebody is wising up! took them long enough!!