1.The transformation in the media technology has also altered government communications strategy. “The biggest White House press frustration is that nothing can drive a news cycle anymore,” Mark Mckinnon, The media advisor, said. “In the old days, you could say ‘we’d like October to be about the environment.’” Today, a vicious news cycle swallows more White House strategies. When the Berlin Wall went up, in 1961, President Kennedy was on vacation. “For six days, no one pressed him hard for a reaction,” Beschloss said. “If that happened now, President Obama would have three seconds.” While Obama was on vacation over Christmas in Hawaii, he failed to respond to the foiled terrorist plot to blow up an American airliner. In his absence, Janet Napoliano, the Secretary of Homeland Security, made a disastrous appearance in which she claimed that “the system worked.” Both she and Obama were savagely criticized.
2.It comes from the 5th page into the text. Multiple people are saying that the situation of being President has drastically changed compared to 50 years ago. You can’t leave, you cannot go on vacation and not answer questions. With all the technology we have, the president is required to respond to every issue right away.
3.Words that seem important- vicious news cycle, because it is true that the news is very different than it used to be. We have information instantaneously! This portrays the fact that we have information right away as a negative thing, but what about the situation that just happened in Egypt? If we weren’t able to get information right away, the leader would not have been overthrown.
4.I chose this passage because it shows how in demand Obama is, and how we demand information right away now. I think it nicely summarizes the whole idea of the article- how much pressure Obama is under and how fast paced the media has become.
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