Still A Hack Hears What He Wants To Hear And Disregards The Rest
At a news conference today, the president gave a 376-word answer to a question about Donald Trump, and apparently the media -- or at least one hack -- deemed the answer TL;DR.
Here's how The Hill reported the exchange:
President Obama on Friday urged the news media to closely scrutinize Donald Trump’s record and past comments, and avoid coverage that highlights “the spectacle and the circus” of the campaign trail.
Obama previewed his role as an anti-Trump spokesman and pressed the media to follow suit.
“He has a long record that needs to be examined. And I think it’s important to take seriously the statements he’s made in the past,” the president told reporters at the White House. “I just want to emphasize that we are in serious times and this is a serious job.”
Obama took a jab at Trump’s past as host of the “Apprentice” reality television series: “This is not entertainment, this is not a reality show, this is a contest for president of the United States.”
Here's what Fox's Howard Kurtz tweeted:
Obama, asked about Trump, says media shouldn't focus on campaign spectacles. Didn't he give convention speech in stadium with Roman columns?
— HowardKurtz (@HowardKurtz) May 6, 2016