A Conflict Between the Press and the President in the Gulf Spills Into View – Media Decoder

“I am here to tell you that you’re not alone. You will not be abandoned. You will not be left behind,” he said, but could not resist a sideswipe at the press corps in front of him. “The cameras at some point may leave; the media may get tired of the story; but we will not.”

Oops. The press corps in the gulf had been on the story for more than six weeks, often dealing with a tight-lipped disaster communications apparatus that seemed to be in the hands of BP rather than the government.