Obama Invites Press To Lunch, Including Fox… Sort Of

by Glynnis MacNicol | 4:41 pm, November 6th, 2009

Obama President Obama continues to make the off-the-record rounds with prominent member of the press. A little over two weeks ago he met with MSNBC anchors Rachel Maddow and Keith Olbermann among others.

Friday’s list, courtesy of Politico’s Michael Calderone, included: CNN’s David Gergen, Washington Post’s Chris Cillizza, Newsweek’s Jon Meacham and Howard Fineman, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Cynthia Tucker, POLITICO’s Mike Allen, NPR/ Fox’s Mara Liasson, Talking Points Memo’s Josh Marshall and a trio from the New York Times: David Brooks, Andy Rosenthal, and Gail Collins.

Missing in this list, as in lists past, is any prominent member of Fox News. Though it should be noted that Mara Liasson, the national political correspondent for NPR is also a regular contributor to Fox News (Juan Williams also enjoys a similar arrangement with the two news organizations). So is this a halfway step towards some sort of armistice between the White House and Fox? If we suddenly see Bill O’Reilly and Glenn Beck pulling up to the Rose Garden in their best attire, we’ll know a true detente has been reached.

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kristianna says:

November 7, 2009 at 1:02 am

This is great news.I would like to say we all see the international community and the government as two sides of the same coin.we all know the president does these lunches occasionally he try to explain opinion to press and I think he wants to explain his thoughts around the press.What you say guys…

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ImNotBlue says:

November 7, 2009 at 1:12 pm

President Obama continues to make the off-the-record rounds with prominent member of the press. A little over two weeks ago he met with MSNBC anchors Rachel Maddow and Keith Olbermann among others.

This must be some new definition of the word “prominent” that I’m unfamiliar with, if it’s being applied to Maddow and Olbermann.

But just going over that list… is there anyone on that list that wouldn’t be described as a “Democrat”, “Liberal”, or at the very least “leaning-left”? What does that say?

BethDonovan says:

November 7, 2009 at 1:26 pm

Heh. I have to wonder if Keith Olbermann was able to make it through the meal without having to change his pants.

ImNotBlue says:

November 7, 2009 at 1:31 pm

BethDonovan says:
November 7, 2009 at 1:26 pm

Not to get too tabloit and stupid… but if what Karmabites had to say was true (look it up, if you don’t know what I’m talking about), I don’t think it would be a problem…

timzank says:

November 7, 2009 at 9:45 pm

It sure would be a refreshing change of pace if Der Leader would quit the schmoozing, the photo-ops, the campaign speeches, the bush bashing, the golfing, the date nights, and the whining and try being The President Of The United States for just one day.

Jesus, what a rookie.

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