So, for weeks and weeks and weeks, the White House has been inundated with a
clarion call from the media: "Why have you not fixed the economy yet? You
better explain it soon! Oh My God, look at the Dow Jones! It falls, because
of you, and your lack of a solution." So, President Barack Obama went on the
Tonight Show, and did an interview with 60 Minutes, and will
do another news conference tonight. These appearances will help Obama
advance an explanation of his bank bailout program, and offer reporters a
chance to publicly question the president. One would think that this would
be a good thing. But NO! God, no! Doesn't Obama realize that he's risking
over-exposure, with all the explaining and answering questions and being a
public figure? How dare he?

That's the recent message that's been
advancing through the press. After Obama appeared on a rival network's late
night show,

CBS's Chris Wragge was given to wonderment: "The Obama blitz, the
President's appearing everywhere, but is his media tour taking attention
away from his message?" Because clearly, the last thing a "message" needs is
a series of sessions that allows it to be clearly elucidated!

No less a media figure than Meghan McCain — who writes Daily Beast
overshares about her dating life and who strategically leverages the
reputations of better known conservative pundits for attention, masking it
as an informed critique, and who briefly milked some body-snark outrage
until it got boring — thinks Obama is over-exposed, too, and she's
available for live cable news hits to talk about it, if you want, talk to
her people!