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

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

The spill in the Gulf seems uncontainable, but the press is frustrated that information about it seems very much under control.

via Media Decoder Blog: https://archive.nytimes.com/mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/07/a-conflict-between-the-press-and-the-president-in-the-gulf-spills-into-view/

“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.