Yahoo! asks if Barack Obama has reached media saturation yet.
It’s obvious the camera loves President Barack Obama. But are American audiences growing tired of his seemingly ubiquitous TV appearances?
This week alone, the president was on “60 Minutes,” held a prime-time press conference (networks reluctantly bumped “American Idol” and “The Biggest Loser” to make room for it), and answered viewer questions at his first-ever online town hall meeting. And all this is in addition to ESPN’s sporadic updates on how his NCAA bracket is doing.
The New York Times columnist Gail Collins put it this way:
“…there appear to be only two constants in our ever-changing world. One is that Barack Obama is going to be on television every day forever. No venue is too strange. Soon, he’ll be on ‘Dancing With the Stars’ (‘And now, doing the Health Care, Energy and Education tango …’) or delivering the weather report. (‘Here we see a wave of systemic change, moving across the nation …’)”
Others criticize President Obama, known for his fiery orations, for “being boring” and “dull”. LA Times blogger Andrew Malcolm likened Obama’s Tuesday night primetime presser to a lackluster college lecture:
All that plus inappropriate affect. Maybe Barry will appear on American Idol next, singing Money for Nothing or What a Wonderful World it Would Be (if my scam budget passes). Super Genius Little Timmy Geithner could harmonize on the first one.
I’m not a good judge of whether Obama is overexposed. I got tired of his sonorous vapidity early on in the endless primary campaign from hell. But his polls are down (to 56% approval by Rasmussen).
If his primetime media hounding is contributing to people getting tired of him, I’m all for it!
I have a call in to the folks at American Idol.
“I got tired of his sonorous vapidity early on in the endless primary campaign from hell.”
Personally, I can’t stand to watch him or hear his voice. I am so thouroughly sick of him that I change the station immediatly when he comes on my TV or radio. I’m watching a lot of cable channels and movies these days. And this is unusual for me. I’ve always prided myself on my political awareness. I’ve always watched presidential speeches and press conferences even when it was a president I didn’t like (Clinton) just to make sure I knew what was going on. I can’t do it with the Obamessiah. He just grates on my nerves too much.
@ martian
Heh.
I quit watching POTUS events after the 1992 election cycle. Bush 41 and Slick Willie both turned me off during their campaigns. Everything I needed to know I could get via the net, the local fish wrapper, or talk radio.
Barry Hussein/Milhous Obamamessiah’s internet droppings and Rush/Sean/The Great One’s audio clips were enough for me to know that The One would be a disaster. Little did I know that it would only take 24 hours for that nightmare to become real.
I’ve yelled and screamed at my young ‘uns and my sister’s young ‘uns that Truth is what it is, that sides are for opinions, that character and philosphy tell you volumes about a politician’s respect for your life, liberty, and property; and that reality does not depend upon my or anyone else’s point of view.
–”It never ceases to amaze me that people, especially leftist politicians, think that you can wave a magic wand and repeal the laws of physics, chemistry, and economics.”