By: Matthew Dickinson

Matthew Dickinson — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 18:06:30 +0000

Tim – Well, that’s a good question. As I noted while doing the live blogging of the press conference, I didn’t think anyone really focused on the issues that are of most concern to most people today: the upcoming budget battle, the bank bailout, and the war on terror. I speculated that one explanation for the lack of probing questions might have been Obama’s decision not to call on any of the print journalists representing major American publications. But as you suggest, the few mainstream journalists he did call on (albeit all from television) didn’t exactly distinguish themselves in this regard. So I’m not sure how to answer you, except to repeat my opening point that my speculations regarding the reason for the lack of quality questions was just that: speculation.

By: tetchell

tetchell — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 16:02:29 +0000

So, Chuck Todd, arguably the most “mainstream” of the journalists selected, asked the most ridiculous question — and I agree that it was breathtakingly stupid. Does this suggest we would have learned a great deal more had Obama called on all the other usual suspects?

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