February 9th, 2009
09:13 PM ET
8 years ago
First presidential press conference, by the numbers
Watch Pres. Obama's entire first prime-time press conference.
WASHINGTON (CNN) - President Barack Obama's opening statement was around eight minutes in length. The question and answer session lasted another 51 minutes. President Obama took questions from 13 different reporters, including CNN's Ed Henry.
Watch: Pres. Obama's first prime-time presser
Here's the order of questions:
AP
Reuters
CBS
NBC
ABC
NY Times
Washington Post
Bloomberg
CNN
FOX
Huffington Post
Helen Thomas
NPR
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The press considers themselves the Fourth Branch of Government but President Obama makes it clear that the buck stops with him. After 8 years of George Bush blaming others for the crises that happened "on his watch", it feels good that the president is willing to be responsible for the path of the nation.
I support my President.
I think this president is so cool. He will not be punked by anyone. He's brilliant.
I found the questions asked by the press corp from Washington to have something in common with the average Progressive's method of discourse about vital issues facing this country...
Incoherent ramblings; incohesive focus, and failure to have any meaningful substance whatsoever.
We're in trouble, and it starts with the supposed guardians and watchdogs of our government.
I honestly don't know how these "journalists" got where they are today because it sure wasn't based on any skillset I've ever seen.
I like NPR's reporter's question. She asked a real one.
Wish all the reporters be fair and establish their credibility
to journalism.
It was great to see the Left Blogosphere included!
The press confrence was a snore. Answers too long and questions sometimes not answered. I was disappointed in his comments related to Joe Biden. He needs to be careful..he is getting as windy as
Joe.
I for one want to see what is in the bill kust a list of each item along with a price tag and I also want someone to define ear mark vs. pork
Cathy
Why was the Huffington Post allowed to ask a question?
It's refreshing to have a lot of press conferences from our president. Then again, it's nice to hear complete sentences.
What a breath of fresh air – a President who talks to us like we're capable of understanding issues and considering solutions. It's been so long since a politician treated us like we have brains.
Aww, seems the reich wingers got the sadoes cuz Jeff Gannon wasn't called on... Lmao