Now this is truly the change we need.

A reporter who is a lifelong White Sox fan received an apology from President-elect Obama Tuesday after being put in the Cubs section during Monday's press conference.

 

The Obama camp divided the media into Cubs and White Sox sections for Monday's press conference. Although the team assignments were apparently arbitrary, McClatchy Newspapers' Steve Thomma was miffed enough about being placed with the Cubs that he wrote a comically-scathing pool report (scroll down to read).

 

On Tuesday, Obama apologized for the slight (exchange begins at 3:30):

Video at link.

 

Welcome to the future. Soon...we'll know which reporters to expel from the press pool by which side they gravitate towards.

I can't put into words how awesome that is. Obama is going to have to REALLY suck as a President for me to dislike him, with all of this White Sox goodwill he's building up.

I wonder which team Fox News was on.....

I wonder which team Fox News was on.....

AA Tennessee.

I love that he's a Sox fan, but f*** if that wasn't a waste of time splitting reporters up to their fanhood. Spend those hours doing something important.

I love that he's a Sox fan, but f*** if that wasn't a waste of time splitting reporters up to their fanhood. Spend those hours doing something important.

 

I couldn't imagine it took more than 2 minutes of time to set it up.

Edited December 1, 200817 yr by BigSqwert

I love that he's a Sox fan, but f*** if that wasn't a waste of time splitting reporters up to their fanhood. Spend those hours doing something important.

Actually, that's not what he did. The press are split up in any case, he just chose to call one group Cubs, and one group Sox. They didn't ask anyone who they were a fan of, they just assigned them, as they normally would do. The areas were just named differently.

 

I have no problem with Obama dividing up the room into Cubs and Sox. It's all in good fun. But are we so damn politically correct and worried about peoples feelings that we HAVE to apologize because a reporter was "miffed" that he DARED be put in the "other" area?

 

Come on. Seriously.

I have no problem with Obama dividing up the room into Cubs and Sox. It's all in good fun. But are we so damn politically correct and worried about peoples feelings that we HAVE to apologize because a reporter was "miffed" that he DARED be put in the "other" area?

 

Come on. Seriously.

Dude, I'd have been furious.

I would have slapped him and taken the repercussions from the secret service. A duel would then be had. I would lose, but still live. The White Sox will then win the world series.

Dude, I'd have been furious.

As would I. All summer my manager kept making comments to the effect of "your cubbies" because he knows I'm from Chicago. I had to correct him repeatedly and let him know I was from south of Roosevelt. And that I also know baseball. Oh, and that I'm heterosexual.

I have no problem with Obama dividing up the room into Cubs and Sox. It's all in good fun. But are we so damn politically correct and worried about peoples feelings that we HAVE to apologize because a reporter was "miffed" that he DARED be put in the "other" area?

 

Come on. Seriously.

 

I agree that the world is far too politically correct, but to put a Sox fan on the Cubs side is only one or two steps below being sacrilege.

This is just the tip of the iceberg cub fans.

I have no problem with Obama dividing up the room into Cubs and Sox. It's all in good fun. But are we so damn politically correct and worried about peoples feelings that we HAVE to apologize because a reporter was "miffed" that he DARED be put in the "other" area?

 

Come on. Seriously.

 

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