News Media, Campbell Brown, Obama

Campbell Brown decided to chide Obama for his "dismissive" answer (her word) to a reporter's question yesterday after announcing Hillary Clinton as his Secretary of State. This is the article from Huffington Post.

Here's my problem with Campbell Brown's comment: she describes their primary campaign relationship as "She trashed him, saying he wasn't ready to be commander in chief. He trashed her, mocking her foreign policy experience as first lady"

Trash? I didn't like how Clinton went after Obama. I thought she went over the edge. But, Obama always said - from the very first - that Hillary was smart and he'd be glad to have her advice and counsel as President. Remember all those debates in 2007? He said it multiple times - and even in the three debates that were aired when it was just the two of them - he said it there too.

She says "Mr. President-elect, how it is that you completely mocked Hillary Clinton's foreign policy experience just a few months ago and yet today you think there is no one more qualified than she to lead your foreign policy team?"

I don't think he ever 'completely mocked' her foreign policy experience.

So, she has framed the story her own way to make her larger point, which is if we can't trust that you were telling the truth in the campaign, how can we trust that you're telling the truth now - about anything? (Which, I might add, was a point Elisabeth Hasselbeck made on the View today.)

The media are enjoying exagerrating the discord between Obama and Clinton in the primaries so they can create a story today. Ridiculous.

I liked one person's comment on the story:
"The increasingly self-righteous tone of indignation that has become Campbell Brown's trademark is wearing thin. Obama was perfectly in bounds to deflect the reporter's question, as it was clearly asked with the hope of digging up a little dirt. Obama wasn't rude; he simply declined to engage, as is his right."

This little commentary is undermining her desire to be a constructive, effective journalist. The 'righteous indignation' card should be played sparingly and judiciously. Otherwise you might turn into Lou Dobbs.