Sick of Obama Coverage already

Outkast_IRE

Seriously like every paper had many pages devoted to him for the last few days there are posters with the star paper, and he is constantly on the tv.
The media is giving far too much attention. There are more important stories that are more relavent to irish people . Rant over What you guys think

Latchy

I will remember Obama's inauguration as the day I recieved my Adult Literacy Level 1 City & Guilds Certificate .

Moving on to level 2,3 next

greenman09

And the next president will be sworn in

Call Me Jimmy

I'd say that the media gives people what they want. If people weren't creaming themselves for the next bit of footage of obama, then they wouldn't show it so much. But they are.

Ludo

Same every time there is a new president. Just seems worse now as it is non-stop on the tv news channels also as they have to fill the time somehow.

Rob_l

Outkast_IRE wrote: »

Seriously like every paper had many pages devoted to him for the last few days there are posters with the star paper, and he is constantly on the tv.
The media is giving far too much attention. There are more important stories that are more relavent to irish people . Rant over What you guys think

Sorry Op while i agree that im not that interested in this story i dont think your opinion or my opinion qualifies as it not being of international importance. For good or for bad( who am i too judge) America are leaders on the world stage and as a result their new president is a major story.

dlofnep

I kinda get annoyed by the bleed of American politics coverage on our news when we have more local issues to address.. but in terms of Obama - it's a nice story and an important landmark in history.

Pocono Joe

Yeah it's appropriate to show some deference to the occasion. But this hagiography is way over the top. And it's only just begun... the first time Obama uses the bathroom Newsweek will do a five-page spread.

oscarBravo

Pocono Joe wrote: »

Yeah it's appropriate to show some deference to the occasion. But this hagiography is way over the top. And it's only just begun... the first time Obama uses the bathroom Newsweek will do a five-page spread.

I'm going to go out on a limb here and speculate that the first time Obama used the bathroom was getting on for fifty years ago.

Pocono Joe

oscarBravo wrote: »

I'm going to go out on a limb here and speculate that the first time Obama used the bathroom was getting on for fifty years ago.

Oooooops... you are correct sir (almost... he is only 48 I believe). I should have stated "the Whitehouse bathroom."

oscarBravo

Pocono Joe wrote: »

Oooooops... you are correct sir (almost... he is only 48 I believe).

Ergo "getting on for...".

I should have stated "the Whitehouse bathroom."

I shall now crawl further out on my limb and speculate that that's already happened too.

Still, I don't get my next Newsweek for another week, so I'll wait and see.

Nodin

Outkast_IRE wrote: »

Seriously like every paper had many pages devoted to him for the last few days there are posters with the star paper, and he is constantly on the tv.
The media is giving far too much attention. There are more important stories that are more relavent to irish people . Rant over What you guys think

On the one hand, yes the coverage annoys me. On the other, the fact that theres a capable man in the whitehouse is of immense importance globally.

Theresalso the whole thing about it being like a celebration of an event when he hasn't had the chance to do much of anything yet...Mind you, we can blame a good bit of that on the eejit that flew off in the chopper there the other day.

Pocono Joe

oscarBravo wrote: »

Ergo "getting on for...".

Please bear with my ignorance... the term "getting on for" is new to me.

oscarBravo wrote: »

I shall now crawl further out on my limb and speculate that that's already happened too.

Still, I don't get my next Newsweek for another week, so I'll wait and see.

GRRRRRRRRRRRR… how about this… “the first time he uses the bathroom as President of the United States of America, whether he recited the Oath of Office correctly or not”

But I believe according to Reverend Joseph Lowery, who gave the benediction during President Barack Obama's inauguration, he would not have been allowed to use the Whitehouse bathroom before yesterday.

So, how many pages of your next Newsweek do you think will be devoted to THE ONE?

Pocono Joe

Nodin wrote: »

...the fact that theres a capable man in the whitehouse...

And you base that opinion on what exactly?

Black Swan

Americans might as well get used to frequent updates by their new president. His style is that of being a high communicator (unlike Bush, who was a terrible speaker and secretive), as well as Obama adopting an approach used by FDR coming out of the Great Depression to offer reassurances to his citizens. The Irish and other news media in the world will move on in time, as soon as the novelty wears off.

Overheal

Pocono Joe wrote: »

Please bear with my ignorance... the term "getting on for" is new to me.


GRRRRRRRRRRRR… how about this… “the first time he uses the bathroom as President of the United States of America, whether he recited the Oath of Office correctly or not”

But I believe according to Reverend Joseph Lowery, who gave the benediction during President Barack Obama's inauguration, he would not have been allowed to use the Whitehouse bathroom before yesterday.

So, how many pages of your next Newsweek do you think will be devoted to THE ONE?

So everybody who visits the whitehouse has to hold it in? Im sure hes been there several times before.

Nodin

Pocono Joe wrote: »

And you base that opinion on what exactly?

O I don't know...the ability to string a sentence together, sharp look in the eye as oppossed to a simian glaze, staff selection, rough policy statements, the way he doesn't look likely to go back down on knuckles....that kind of thing. Its a sort of potpourri of impressions, you might say.

oscarBravo

Pocono Joe wrote: »

So, how many pages of your next Newsweek do you think will be devoted to THE ONE?

There will be a special inaugural edition this week, I believe.

How many pages do you think they devote, on average, to each newly-elected president in the week of his inauguration?

Do you think there is a compelling reason not to dwell on the fact that this particular inauguration is historically significant?

Pocono Joe

Yes I see the historical significance, but 35 times more coverage is a bit much in my opinion.
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE50K6E320090121

Overheal

The coveage is more in respect of Dr. King than it is of President Obama. When you think about how blacks were treated then and how Obama is being treated now, its an incredible turnaround.

To many people interviewed on Inauguration Day, they claimed that it struck them as more historically significant than the Moon Landing. I disagree, but time will tell I guess.

Ludo

Pocono Joe wrote: »

Yes I see the historical significance, but 35 times more coverage is a bit much in my opinion.
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE50K6E320090121

But that was 35 times more than Bushs SECOND one. Second timers never get as much coverage.

Pocono Joe

Cry baby Al Gore got all the press coverage the first time.

Ludo

Pocono Joe wrote: »

Cry baby Al Gore got all the press coverage the first time.

I'll give you that one..I forgot

Nodin

Coverage is debatable, but certainly theres far too many shaggin threads on the man...

sceptre

Nodin wrote: »

Coverage is debatable, but certainly theres far too many shaggin threads on the man...

I'm loath to make a prediction here but I suspect that'll change as the flavour of the month becomes something else.

eVeNtInE

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AlekSmart

I have a notion that the Obama fixation is largely due to the realization that this man`s policies,or at least his ability to alter the old ones,may have VERY big repercussions for Ireland and to some extent the UK.