Presidential Press Conferences Need Better Questions

Now that the press seems to think they have balls and can ask "tough" questions of the President, yes I mean Obama and not Bush, they have to learn the difference between tough and good questions. For example, Time's Joe Klein:

What's the point of raising the nasty things Obama and Clinton said about each other during the primaries? Did the reporter expect Obama to say, "Well, I still believe her resume is overblown, that's why I appointed her...oh, and by the way, she still thinks it's dumb to talk to the Iranians without preconditions."

These boring Tim Russert style "gotcha soundbytes" are tired.

We now have a President who is educated, intelligent and can sidestep those lame questions. The press for a long time were lazy because expectations of Bush were so low: why ask thorough questions because you might make his head explode. It's tough work being Preznit, afterall.

The MSM has to get with the program, catch up to the high standard Barack has set. I heard TPM just hired a Washington reporter. Maybe the reader-supported blog-crew can do better.

Source: Kevin Drum