The New Presidency and the Press

Nov 11, 2008

American University | School of Communication

A panel discussion was held about the relationship between the press and the presidency and the role of the media in the presidential election. Topics included the role of the media in politics, how the media covered the 2008 presidential election, and the then-President-elect Obama administration. "Politics and Pundits: The Promises of the .. Read More
A panel discussion was held about the relationship between the press and the presidency and the role of the media in the presidential election. Topics included the role of the media in politics, how the media covered the 2008 presidential election, and the then-President-elect Obama administration. "Politics and Pundits: The Promises of the New Presidency and the Press" was an American Forum held on WAMU radio.

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TIME SPEAKER TEXT
00:00:09 Unidentified Speaker HERE'S A DISCUSSION ON THE MEDIA COVERAGE OF THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN AND THE FUTURE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION....
00:00:38 Unidentified Speaker WIFE FROM THE CAMPUS OF AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN WASHINGTON FROM SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATION AND WAMU I'M...
00:05:07 Unidentified Speaker WELL, I WORRIED. I THINK THE PRESS DID A VERY GOOD JOB THIS YEAR LETTING THE CANDIDATES TALK. WE...
00:06:50 Unidentified Speaker DOTTY LYNCH ON THEIR COVERAGE?
00:06:53 Unidentified Speaker I HATE TO BE A DOWNER BUT I AGREE WITH TOM, THERE WAS A LOT OF COVERAGE. I THINK THAT'S GOOD. SOMEBODY...
00:08:13 Unidentified Speaker BOB SCHIEFFER I WANT TO SWITCH SLIGHTLY FROM THE POINT THAT DOTTY MADE ABOUT LEARNING TO A QUESTION...
00:08:34 Unidentified Speaker I DON'T THINK SO. THE MEDIA REPORTS WHAT IS THERE. AND I WOULD DISAGREE WITH DOTTY AND TOM. I THOUGHT...
00:12:11 Unidentified Speaker JIMMY, WE SAW A DIVERSE ROLE FOR THE COMMUNITIES AND YOU HAVE WRITTEN ABOUT BARACK OBAMA PERSUADING...
00:12:22 Unidentified Speaker WAS INTERESTING TO SEE THE HISPANIC VOTE AND HOW THEY REACTED THIS YEAR BECAUSE I THINK IF ANYONE...
00:13:56 Unidentified Speaker THERE WAS A STUDY RELEASED BY AMERICAN UNIVERSITY A FEW DAYS AGO SHOWING THAT THE VOTER TURNOUT WASN'T...
00:14:11 Unidentified Speaker AS SOMEBODY WHO COVERED THE ELECTION FOR POLITICS IT COULD BE TRACED BACK TO WHAT SENATOR BARACK OBAMA...
00:16:10 Unidentified Speaker BUT YOU MENTIONED QUITE CLEAR THAT HE TAPPED INTO THE BARACK OBAMA TAPPED INTO THE NEW MEDIA. AND...
00:16:35 Unidentified Speaker IT'S NOT SHOVEL WHERE IF THAT IS THE QUESTION YOU'RE ASKING. FOR SOME WEBSITES AND NEWSPAPERS IT IS...
00:17:42 Unidentified Speaker DOTTY LYNCH, YOUR A. BOWSHER OF NEW MEDIA. DO YOU AGREE?
00:17:46 Unidentified Speaker WELL, I DO. YOU KNOW, AND YOU THINK OF THIS GROUP THAT CAME OUT OF THIS CAMPAIGN. ONE OF THEM CAME...
00:19:06 Unidentified Speaker MARREC?
00:19:10 Unidentified Speaker TOM ROSENSTIEL HERE. I'M NOT SURE THIS IS THE FIRST INTERNET CAMPAIGN. IT MIGHT BE MORE ACCURATE TO...
00:21:11 Unidentified Speaker I JUST WANT TO ASK TO FIND OUT FROM JIMMY BRIEFLY DO YOU FEEL LIKE THAT MOST OF YOUR READERS ARE JOURNALISTS?...
00:21:19 Unidentified Speaker READERS? NO. THE KEY AS JOURNALISTS LIKUD POLITICO BECAUSE IT'S A GREAT TIP SHEET BUT WE DO HAVE SO...
00:21:58 Unidentified Speaker DO YOU FEEL LIKE POLITICO IS PRICKING EXCLUSIVES THAT THE TIMES WOULD NORMALLY?
00:22:04 Unidentified Speaker THINK ABOUT THE NEIMAN-MARCUS STORY. THAT WAS A HUGE STORY AND IT WAS ON POLITICAL AND A LOSS OF AN...
00:22:29 Unidentified Speaker BOB SCHIEFFER?
00:22:30 Unidentified Speaker I WANT TO ADD ONE THING. THE INTERNET HAS CHANGED EVERYTHING AND WE ARE ALL TRYING TO DEAL WITH IT....
00:24:41 Unidentified Speaker I WOULD ADD TO THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S WELL PUT THE NET EFFECT OF THAT IS IT HAS PUSHED THE CANDIDATES...
00:25:13 Unidentified Speaker THIS IS AN AMERICAN FORUM ON WAMU 88.5. MY GUESTS ARE BOB SCHIEFFER MODERATOR OF FACE THE NATION AND...
00:26:08 Unidentified Speaker I THINK WE DID A GOOD JOB. NO ONE KNEW WHO SARAH PALIN WAS. SHE WAS ASKED YOU KNOW VERY DIRECT QUESTIONS,...
00:26:37 Unidentified Speaker DOTTY LYNCH, WHAT IS YOUR OPINION ON THE ALLEGATIONS SUGGESTED SEXES AND PLAYED A ROLE AND THE SARAH...
00:26:46 Unidentified Speaker I THINK THAT SARAH PALIN PLAYED A BIGGER ROLE THAN SEXES ON. ON THE OTHER HAND -- [LAUGHTER] AND I...
00:28:37 Unidentified Speaker TOM ROSENSTIEL?
00:28:38 Unidentified Speaker WE DID IN EXAMINATION HOW PALIN AND EVERYBODY WAS COVERED DURING THE GENERAL ELECTION AND THE NOTION...
00:29:26 Unidentified Speaker QUESTIONS FROM THE AUDIENCE. PLEASE SAY YOU ARE AND WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
00:29:30 Unidentified Speaker I'M A GRADUATE STUDENT IN THE INTERNATIONAL MEDIA PROGRAM AT AMERICAN UNIVERSITY AND I LOVE YOU BOB...
00:30:03 Unidentified Speaker BALD, DO YOU WANT TO TACKLE THAT? [LAUGHTER]
00:30:11 Unidentified Speaker I THINK IT'S FAIR TO SAY WE SHOULD HAVE ASKED MORE HARD QUESTIONS IN RETROSPECT THAN WE DID. BUT AGAIN,...
00:31:26 Unidentified Speaker I WOULD LIKE TO ADD ONE THING TO THAT AND THAT IS THAT YES, WE SHOULD HAVE AND WILL BE IN THE PRESS...
00:32:11 Unidentified Speaker CAN I ADD ONE QUICK THING TO THAT? THE IRAQ WAR RESOLUTION WAS DEBATED IN OCTOBER BEFORE THE NOVEMBER...
00:33:01 Unidentified Speaker LET'S TAKE ANOTHER QUESTION.
00:33:02 Unidentified Speaker AND A FORMER SCHOOL COMMUNICATIONS GRADUATE YEAR AT A E.U. AND I HAVE A STATEMENT AND A QUESTION. ...
00:33:34 Unidentified Speaker [INAUDIBLE]
00:33:38 Unidentified Speaker I'M WONDERING WHAT ROLE THOSE FOLKS PLAY IN CONTRAST DID THEY SUPPORT THE LEGITIMATE MEDIA? DID THEY...
00:33:51 Unidentified Speaker WOULD YOU ANSWER LET'S TRY TO TALK ABOUT YOU ARE A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE WE CAN'T ESCAPE THIS WITHOUT...
00:33:59 Unidentified Speaker EXACTLY.
00:34:02 Unidentified Speaker AND DAVID LETTERMAN AND THE
00:34:04 Unidentified Speaker MOST DIFFICULT. IT'S BEST TO START THAT ANSWER THE BIT OF A FIGURE. 14 MILLION PEOPLE WATCHED THE...
00:35:43 Unidentified Speaker I HAVE A PROBLEM NEGATIVE THE WE KEEP BEING TOLD A LOT OF PEOPLE ESPECIALLY YOUNG PEOPLE GET THEIR...
00:36:03 Unidentified Speaker THAT YOU CENTER DID TWO STUDIES WORTH MENTIONING THE FIRST WAS JANUARY WITH U.S. MEDIA CONSUMPTION...
00:36:59 Unidentified Speaker DOTTY LYNCH TALKED ABOUT THE DRUG TRIPLE IS THAT THE DELECTABLE PLACE HE'S REFERRING TO?
00:37:07 Unidentified Speaker NO BUT IT DRIVES NEWS, IT DRIVES CABLE NEWS, IT DRIVES SOMETHING I DO, WHICH IS A LOT OF RADIO PUNDITRY...
00:37:59 Unidentified Speaker TONY QUICKLY.
00:38:00 Unidentified Speaker DATA POINT TO THAT BLAIR IS THE POLITICAL NEWS DESK LOCATED? WE'VE HEARD A LOT ABOUT WHERE THESE STORIES...
00:38:21 Unidentified Speaker TO BOB SCHIEFFER AND CBS NEWS OR HOW MUCH TIME IS WASTED CHASING THINGS ON THE INTERNET THAT TURN...
00:38:28 Unidentified Speaker WELL, WE DO A LOT OF THINGS. YOU KNOW, WHEN WE REALIZED HOW THINGS WERE CHANGING ON 9/11, WHEN WE...
00:39:47 Unidentified Speaker NEXT QUESTION.
00:39:49 Unidentified Speaker I'M A FRESHMAN AT THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY UNDERGRADUATE. MR. ROSENSTIEL, SAID THAT THE MEDIA DID...
00:40:51 Unidentified Speaker IT'S A GREAT QUESTION, AND I THINK THE ANSWER IS JOURNALISTS HAVE TO REDEDICATE THEMSELVES FINDING...
00:42:04 Unidentified Speaker THIS IS AN IRA CONFORM, POLITICS AND PUNDITS THE PROMISES OF THE PRESIDENCY AND THE PRESS LIFE FROM...
00:42:39 Unidentified Speaker I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO GET TOUGH ONES RIGHT AWAY BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS WE DON'T KNOW. ...
00:43:05 Unidentified Speaker WEIDINGER AGREED TO DO THAT INTERVIEW?
00:43:08 Unidentified Speaker I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION. I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION. BUT HE WOULDN'T...
00:43:53 Unidentified Speaker I HEARD THAT HELEN THOMAS IS BACK SO THAT WILL MAKE THINGS
00:43:56 Unidentified Speaker [INAUDIBLE] [LAUGHTER] I'D LIKE TO SEE HELEN.
00:44:05 Unidentified Speaker SHE WILL GET OFF TO A GOOD START. TONY, WHAT DO YOU SEE OF THE BODY LANGUAGE OF THE ADMINISTRATION...
00:44:10 Unidentified Speaker ONE OF THE THINGS THAT INTERESTS ME AS I MENTIONED IN THE PREVIOUS ANSWER IS THE OBAMA CAMPAIGN WAS...
00:44:45 Unidentified Speaker AND THE IN BOX AS WELL.
00:44:47 Unidentified Speaker THAT'S ONE WAY TO LOOK AT IT. I THINK THIS PRESIDENCY IS QUITE TAKE MORE OF THE MEDIA INTO ITS OWN...
00:45:39 Unidentified Speaker THE TRANSITION HAD A NEWS BRIEFING TODAY. JOHN PODESTA, THE CO-CHAIRMAN OF THE TRANSITION BRIEF REPORTERS...
00:46:16 Unidentified Speaker A QUESTION FROM THE AUDIENCE.
00:46:17 Unidentified Speaker I AM THE FIRST YEAR IN BE A STUDENT AND GOING BACK TO THE WHOLE SARAH PALIN ISSUE WITH ALL OF THESE...
00:46:43 Unidentified Speaker SHE DENIED THOSE ALLEGATIONS.
00:46:45 Unidentified Speaker WELL, SHE DIDN'T QUITE DENIED THEM. [LAUGHTER] SHE SAID THEY WERE KIND OF MISUNDERSTOOD. THE SURVEY...
00:47:33 Unidentified Speaker NEXT QUESTION.
00:47:35 Unidentified Speaker I'M CHRIS INDIVIDUAL MEDIA MAJEURE AT ESSEY. MY QUESTION REGARDS THE BRISTOL PALIN AND WILLIAM AYERS...
00:48:04 Unidentified Speaker WHY? THAT WE HAVE THREE -- WRITTEN ON TOO MUCH?
00:48:12 Unidentified Speaker THE WAR, REPUTATION.
00:48:14 Unidentified Speaker NO, I DON'T THINK SO. BUT WHAT YOU HAD THERE IS YOU HAD JOHN McCAIN OF TRYING TO MAKE THOSE THINGS...
00:49:30 Unidentified Speaker DOTTY LYNCH.
00:49:33 Unidentified Speaker ON THE BUY RAFFLE SIDE OF BARACK OBAMA. THAT IS WHERE I THINK DURING THE PRIMARIES THE MEDIA THE...
00:50:44 Unidentified Speaker IF I COULD ADD ONE THING, I DISAGREE WITH BOB SCHIEFFER AT MY PERIL, OF COURSE I AM SURE THAT I WILL...
00:50:55 Unidentified Speaker I THOUGHT YOU MIGHT, TOM.
00:50:59 Unidentified Speaker IN 2007 THE YEAR BEFORE THE 2000 RACE WAS TO BEGAN THE CAMPAIGN WAS A HUGE STORY, THE NUMBER TWO STORY...
00:51:31 Unidentified Speaker IT GETS PEOPLE TO WATCH.
00:51:34 Unidentified Speaker BUT I THINK THE KIND OF REPACKAGING NATURE OF THE INTERNET CULTURE AND THE INSTANTANEOUS 24 ARNO'S...
00:51:48 Unidentified Speaker BOSTICK ANOTHER QUESTION FROM THE AUDIENCE.
00:51:51 Unidentified Speaker MY NAME IS SANDRA AND I'M A JUNIOR IN SCHOOL COMMUNICATION. MY QUESTION WAS, DO YOU THINK THE CORPORATE...
00:52:19 Unidentified Speaker ANY TAKERS?
00:52:21 Unidentified Speaker DURING THE LAST ROUND OF ANSWER IS I WAS THINKING ABOUT THE L.A. TIMES THAT IT USED TO WORK FOR MANY...
00:53:22 Unidentified Speaker IN THIS IS, INDEED, IS SUBJECT TO THE NEXT AMERICAN FOR MY THING. TONY, DO WANT TO ADD?
00:53:29 Unidentified Speaker AS A MAN WHO OPERATES A BLOG EXACTLY WHAT I CREATED, THE REASON WHY A LOT OF THE COVERAGE WAS BASED...
00:54:17 Unidentified Speaker CAN YOU GIVE YOUR NAME.
00:54:18 Unidentified Speaker JOHN.
00:54:19 Unidentified Speaker YOU HAVE A SIGNIFICANT EFFECT?
00:54:22 Unidentified Speaker ON PRESIDENT-ELECT OBAMA'S VIEWS ON FOREIGN POLICY.
00:54:25 Unidentified Speaker I THINK HE WILL BE THERE MOSTLY TO WRESTLE WITH THE CONGRESS AND I THINK BARACK OBAMA IS PUT THERE...
00:55:12 Unidentified Speaker NO, I DID NOT ANYTHING OUT OF HIM ON ANYTHING. [LAUGHTER] AS I SAID AT THE END OF THE BROADCAST TO...
00:55:22 Unidentified Speaker NUYS QUESTION.
00:55:25 Unidentified Speaker I AM A FRESHMAN YEAR AT THE FCC. THIS IS A QUESTION FOR ALL OF YOU, THE FIRST PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE...
00:56:06 Unidentified Speaker LET SOMEONE ELSE TAKE THAT QUESTION, I WILL FOLLOW UP, AND NOT SURE I UNDERSTOOD.
00:56:11 Unidentified Speaker ALL I CAN TELL YOU IS I GOT A STAFF OF 25 PEOPLE WHO MONITOR 48 DIFFERENT NEWS OUTLETS EVERYDAY, YOU...
00:56:27 Unidentified Speaker SPECIFICALLY, THE MEDIA ITSELF. IT DID THAT IN OUR OPINION AND TO THE HOSTILITY OR WAS IT JUST A CULMINATION...
00:56:46 Unidentified Speaker DURING THE CAMPAIGN?
00:56:50 Unidentified Speaker WITH THE CAMPAIGN AND THE COVERAGE?
00:56:53 Unidentified Speaker TOWARD THE CANDIDATES?
00:56:54 Unidentified Speaker TO CREATE HOSTILITY TOWARD THE CANDIDATES COMMITTEE TO GET RATINGS BECAUSE PEROT, HIMSELF SAID.
00:57:03 Unidentified Speaker TWO GREAT CONFLICT CAN I, CORRECT.
00:57:06 Unidentified Speaker I REALLY DON'T KNOW.
00:57:09 Unidentified Speaker THE CONFLICT IS WHAT NEWS LOVES. BUT WE DID NOT SEE IN THOSE PLACES WHERE WE JUST SAW IN JERUSALEM...
00:57:45 Unidentified Speaker TIMES R TO THE FOLKS THAT ARE TO THE MICROPHONES BECAUSE THAT IS IT FOR TONIGHT, WE'RE JUST ABOUT...

NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

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