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• "American Idol" Beats Barack Obama

  Wow. We joked about the networks being pissed at Obama for scheduling his 100-day press conference during May Sweeps, but we  didn't expect this... Read More... Posted Apr 28 2009, 09:35 AM by Jake Kalish with | with no comments Filed under: Fox, Barack Obama, American Idol, press conference, Rupert Murdoch, President Obama

• Okay, Now President Obama Is Just Messing With Television Executives

  Barack Obama's 100th day as President comes next Wednesday, April 29th. CNN had already announced plans to make the 100th day a major Election Day type event, and now the President has announced his plans to schedule a primetime press conference that evening.  Yeah, just one problem with that... Read More... Posted Apr 23 2009, 05:27 PM by Jake Kalish with | with no comments Filed under: Barack Obama, press conference, television executives, ad revenue, 100 days in office

• TV Networks vs. Barack Obama

  The television networks are annoyed with Barack Obama. Because these press conferences are costing them money...  Read More... Posted Mar 20 2009, 09:35 AM by Jake Kalish with | with no comments Filed under: Barack Obama, advertising, press conference, television networks

• Barack Obama Really Wants To Talk To You [AUDIO]

  Barack Obama will give his second primetime news conference Tuesday, March 24th, at 8 p.m. And the President may not stop there. According to Slate  Obama is considering doing a series of televised "fireside chats" in which he briefly talks directly to the American people - just like FDR, but with pictures. Possibly he will do this while holding Abraham Lincoln's bible and quoting George Washington. Love Barack, but do you ever get the feeling he thinks he's playing President? Aw, we kid. Actually, talking to us is an excellent idea. This whole economic catastrophe sort of feels like being beaten while drugged - we're not sure what's happening, but it hurts. FDR's first fireside chat, delivered March 12, 1933, was about a banking crisis. Yup, the more things change... Anyway, not to take you back to high school History, but we've got the recording of that fireside chat. Come on, listen. It's pretty cool, in a Presidential Library kind of way...    Read More... Posted Mar 19 2009, 10:30 AM by Jake Kalish with | with no comments Filed under: Barack Obama, press conference, FDR, Fireside chats

• Michael Jackson Had A Press Conference Is A Thing That Happened Today

  At least the guy at CNN had some fun with this. Posted Mar 05 2009, 03:18 PM by Bryan Christian with | with no comments Filed under: michael jackson, press conference

• Barack Obama: Great With Press Conferences, Bad With Helicopter Doorways

  From where we were sitting, Barack Obama was absurdly impressive in his first Presidential press conference. Seemed like he'd been doing it for years. He kicked ass and took names. (Can you say that about a Presidential Press Conference? Sure, why not?)  But apparently, some things don't come as easily to Barack Obama as giving seven-minute, in depth, multi-part answers to complicated questions. Like, for example, entering the Presidential helicopter. Earlier in the day, the new President totally bunked his head while entering Marine One. Of course, like the cool cat he is, he played it off like nothing happened. (Can you call the President a "cool cat"? Sure, why not? Everything is so new and exciting!)  Click through for the video of the President giving an in-depth, multi-part answer in which he levels with the American public about how dire this financial crisis is. And then, to make yourselves feel better, you can watch him bump his head!  Read More... Posted Feb 10 2009, 03:33 PM by Jake Kalish with | with no comments Filed under: Barack Obama, press conference, Marine One

• BIGFOOT PRESS CONFERENCE ON CNN NOW!!!

  See also: world, ending; us, pants crapping. OK, so maybe it's a fake. But still: best thing to happen on TV all month. http://www.cnn.com/video/live/live.html?stream=stream4 UPDATE: FOX News correspondent Megyn Kelly will be the first journalist to see the body. 'Cause they're the most trustworthy news organization around! (Actually, we think it was 'cause she was the hottest anchor they could think of who might actually go for it.) UPDATE: The press conference has ended. Journalists in attendance have apparently been given a photo of the supposed Bigfoot before he was cut down in the prime of his cryptozoological life, and results from a DNA test. When reached for comment, the Loch Ness Monster was quoted as saying "Ach, I'll nay belee it till I smell the body fer meself." UPDATE: After the jump, exclusive footage of the savage confrontation that resulted in this magirific moment that we have all televisually shared. Read More... Posted Aug 15 2008, 03:22 PM by Bryan Christian with | with no comments Filed under: CNN, Fox News, live TV, fakes, Bigfoot, press conference, breaking news, Greg Kelly