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Its side and doing its bidding every day. thats one of the great ironies, the white house, pretty much like every other white house is loathes the press, doesnt trust the press and freeze out outlets they believe are hostile to it. the irony here, this president and this white house has gotten more favorable coverage and more protection than any other president in recent memory. >> jon: and then there was a report of a-- an off the record meeting between the president and the press corps on thur...

Every day. thats one of the great ironies, the white house, pretty much like every other white house is loathes the press, doesnt trust the press and freeze out outlets they believe are hostile to it. the irony here, this president and this white house has gotten more favorable coverage and more protection than any other president in recent memory. >> jon: and then there was a report of a-- an off the record meeting between the president and the press corps on thursday of this week when asked ab...

And people are using less and less of their disposable income at our outlets. >> this was characterized as a tax increase on the very wealthy. the vast majority of americans saw their taxes go up. if you recall back in 2010 the president selfmade the case that in a weak economy we shouldnt raise taxes on anyone. in 2010 we were growing more rapidly than we are now. there is a real risk associated with the sharp tax increases that we saw at the turn of the year. martha: you wonder how the preside...

He doesnt need them anymore. he whined and dined them and dumped them. now he goes to local media. >> bob: those are outlets available to them. anybody in the business to promote the president uses the best outfit they can get. >> kimberly: that is their job. not going put them up for an interview that you think is a tough one, like on the network he will get question about the economy, the staff and figur figures. math, what are you doing about it? why would he? he wants to look good. >> greg: ...

He whined and dined them and dumped them. now he goes to local media. >> bob: those are outlets available to them. anybody in the business to promote the president uses the best outfit they can get. >> kimberly: that is their job. not going put them up for an interview that you think is a tough one, like on the network he will get question about the economy, the staff and figur figures. math, what are you doing about it? why would he? he wants to look good. >> greg: chuck todd was reflecting -- ...

Talk to the president. what was the point of talking to the president then? >> its interesting because i remember travelling, i did a lot of travelling for a book i did dick cheney and travelling overseas and there were disputes all the time. and one in particular, the wire reporter from the trip ap, and i think a reporter from reuters, new york times and major outlets and cheney invited the group including me back to do an off the record session with them. i was happy with that, a magazine repo...

Page of the new york times, asking why the president was making one argument then when he we had 5.6% growth, and the opposite argument today. the same with the sequester, used the threat to veto it and now saying it cant possibly go through. so many contradictions and hes not called on any of this. on network newscasts, in the new york times, "the washington post," the other major outlets in the mainstream media and hes not called on these. >> you know i think the most pathetic thing about the ...

That his first campaign to essentially do a work-around of whats left of the washington press corps. its true that the washington press corps, in general and the white house in particular dont have the clout that they used to have. the president isnt required to deal with them the way he used to be to get his message out to the country. through facebook, through twitter, through reddit, through the white house website, through youtube. they can get to the american people on their own. and this i...

It is different now. there are so many outlets the president can go to and he uses those outlets very effectively. they see the view as a bigger bully pulpit as giving an interview for a white house reporter and i think in that way they have been effective. sure reporters are frustrated and we should. ive certainly reported -- certainly frustrated with the access. was frustrated with the access when i covered obama in the beginning of this term and when he ran for election in 2008 so i think you...

Three-day weekend to go on vacation when youre president of the united states is silly but if that is the standard he sets, that im in favor of. there is lot of opportunities to shout questions at united states. with the exception of fox news and couple other outlets it is questions they dont get it showed to him that bother me more than letting him have a week off. jamie: i want to ask you a question about what about the company a president keeps? what do you think? >> i think its pretty embarr...