The President and the Media

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The President and the media have always had an interesting relationship, especially when taking their respective relationships with the public in account. The President leads the country and the media is supposed to report how and how well the President is fulfilling that obligation. For the most part, this is exactly what happens, but in other cases the personal thoughts of the reporter colors the presentation of the information. Different media outlets can do a report on the same event, but each one can come up with a unique story depending on how the author frames it. This is the case in the articles about President Obama from Thursday February 6, 2014 and Friday February 7, 2014. Major media outlets such as The New York Times, ABC News, CNN, The Wall Street Journal, and TIME Magazine reported on similar issues, but their presentation of the stories differed. This disparity did exist during Franklin D. Roosevelt’s term in office, but to a lesser degree. The relationship between Roosevelt and the media differs from that of Obama and our current media.
On February 6, 2014, the five of the major media outlets, The New York Times, ABC News, CNN, The Wall Street Journal, and TIME Magazine, had twenty-one stories that directly involved President Obama. At least two of the stories were straight opinion pieces, while some of the others may have contained kernels of the authors’ opinions. The stories were has followed:
Seven of the stories from the day covered President Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, and Vice President Joe Biden’s attendance at the National Prayer Breakfast. Five of these stories mentioned President Obama speaking on the United States encouraging religious toleration abroad. The New York Times article uses more cont...

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Liptak, Kevin. "Obama Announces Investment Push as He Signs Farm Bill." CNN Political Ticker RSS. CNN Politics, 07 Feb. 2014. Web. 07 Feb. 2014.
Miller, Zeke J. "Swampland." Swampland Vice President Joe Biden Not High on Marijuana Legalization Comments. Time Magazine, 06 Feb. 2014. Web. 06 Feb. 2014.
Parkinson, John, and Mary Bruce. "Boehner Blames Trust Gap With Obama For Immigration Stalemate." ABC News. ABC News Network, 06 Feb. 2014. Web. 06 Feb. 2014.
Press, Darlene Superville Associated. "Obama: More Work to Do to Rebuild Haiti." ABC News. ABC News Network, 06 Feb. 2014. Web. 06 Feb. 2014.
Thompson, Mark. "Swampland." Swampland White House Punts on Retiring Aircraft Carrier Comments. Time Magazine, 07 Feb. 2014. Web. 07 Feb. 2014.

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