I hate these f**king people.....

[Postman]

http://mediamatters.org/columns/200901270006

[liberalmuse]

1. I had to turn off Gibbs presser today.

Fucking assholes. I didn't see this shit with the Worst President Ever. Not fucking ONCE. I'm sick of the double standard.

[driver8]

2. The media in this country is a fucking joke.

How can anyone take them seriously?

They don't report what needs to be reported, and spend countless hours on sensationalism that has no business being called news. They have been asleep at the wheel for the past 8 years, and should be ashamed to call themselves "journalists."

These assholes wouldn't know journalism if it crawled up their asses and played jingle bells.

How can we put some pressure on these people and start holding them accountable for their bullshit?

[underpants]

3. "I don't think there is a honeymoon," he said. "The accountability starts immediately."

Last Update: 12:01 AM ET Jan 23, 2009

Inside the bubble

Jon Banner, the executive producer of "World News with Charles Gibson," recognizes the pressures on his White House correspondent.

"Being inside that bubble at the White House requires great discipline," Banner said.

How will the ABC News executives assess whether Tapper has been successful?

Banner said Tapper's mandate is to "break news, inform the public on the tone of the Obama presidency, and hold them accountable. We'll know in a year if he has kept (the administration) honest and broken some news here and there. This White House is disciplined so it's easier said than done."

Banner also discounted the expectation of the media giving Obama a much-discussed "honeymoon period," in which reporters look the other way at occasional flubs and generally give him the benefit of the doubt as he eases into the White House.

"I don't think there is a honeymoon," he said. "The accountability starts immediately."

Banner has no doubt that Tapper is the right person for the job of keeping Obama's administration on its toes. Tapper, he said, " the perfect reporter for the time we live in. He is very aggressive (and can) present the news to a digital audience. He is a force of nature."

For his part, Tapper has a clear picture of how the Obama administration regards him and his counterparts.

"I would imagine that they think I'm a pain -- if I'm doing my job right," Tapper said. " I don't come to this job automatically assuming they are making the right decisions. That's my job: to let our viewers know, to the best of my ability, what is really going on."

http://www.marketwatch.com/m/story/e32609d9-a019-4fc1-b6c3-e8d78a738ed1/0