Return to Transcripts main page   Analyzing Obama's Media
Marathon  Aired September 27, 2009 - 10:00   ET    HOWARD KURTZ,
HOST: Presidents have been fed up, even furious about their
press coverage. And Spiro Agnew was fulminating about the
"nattering nabobs of negativity." Now Barack Obama has joined
this exclusive club.  But hold on just one second. When Obama
went off on the fourth estate in his Sunday marathon last
weekend, did he strike a raw nerve? Can journalists really
defend what he described as the speed and superficiality of
today's fragmented media culture?  Maybe, just maybe, the
president has a point.   OBAMA: In this 24-hour news cycle, the
easiest way to get on CNN and -- or FOX or any of the other
stations, MSNBC, is to just say something rude and outrageous.
OBAMA: The easiest way to get 15 minutes on the news or your 15
minutes of fame is to be rude.   KURTZ: But what exactly does
Obama mean by this phrase he repeats like a mantra, "the 24-hour
news cycle"? Well, it looks something like t