To understand the importance placed on this speech, I suggest the following sites: The Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/. No mention of the speech in the lead section. Obama did get mentioned for his calls to Israel and Palestine.


The New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/ Again, no mention of the speech, but the Middle East Conflict again got a major story.

The Chicago Tribune - http://www.chicagotribune.com/ No mention of the speech.

The Wall Street Journal - http://www.chicagotribune.com/ No mention. The print version did have a small front page under World Wide News. Small print, no headline.

It as if the President threw a party and nobody came. The first three papers/syndicates listed have a distinct liberal bent. The WSJ has a center/right position in its editorial pages, but is scrupulously objective in its news coverage. This accounts in part for its growth and profitability when contrasted to the other three that are shrinking and losing money.

Without any of the papers out, I will go out on a limb and say, Steve Jobs will get more coverage in tomorrow’s news than Obama received in today’s coverage. Why? Steve Jobs has real news about Apple’s new products. Obama took prime time to announce that he had no news. A good maxim is, “If you have nothing to say, say nothing.” The classic line for this is attributed to George Better – “It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.” Barack Obama would have been better off if he had remained silent.