It is now up to 279 days and I offer this from POLITICO...


"Obama and the media actually have a surprisingly hostile relationship — as contentious on a day-to-day basis as any between press and president in the past decade, reporters who cover the White House say.
Reporters say the White House is thin-skinned, controlling, eager to go over their heads and stingy with even basic information. All White Houses try to control the message. But this White House has pledged to be more open than its predecessors, and reporters feel it doesn’t live up to that pledge in several key areas"

A few other tidbits from the article then I invite everyone to read and see what this administration in 16 months has done and is doing...


"— The ferocity of pushback is intense. A routine press query can draw a string of vitriolic e-mails. A negative story can draw a profane high-decibel phone call or worse. Some reporters feel like they’ve been frozen out after crossing the White House."

This one quote from the article seems to sum up what I think is happening at this WH....nobody cares about the country...they care about Obama...

“They seem to want to close the book on the highly secretive years of the Bush administration. However, in their relationship with the press, I think they’re doing what they think succeeded in helping Obama get elected,” said The New Yorker’s George Packer."

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0410/36454.html

I am not sure how folks can support this kind of action by any WH. Why wont he have press conferences and answer questions ? Over the years each President has a style in dealing with the media but I cannot recall any administration, especially in a short 16 months, that has established such a track record.