ABC is not calling our President by his title

[goclark]

Have you noticed that they are calling him OBAMA and Mr. Obama instead of "President Obama?"

My friend called them and gave them a piece of her mind this morning and I'm set to call them too.

This is no mistake,it's happening too often.

They would never call GW Mr. Bush! :puke:

[Canuckistanian]

1. Relax. Both terms are fine.

It's customary to refer to the the president as "President X" at the beginning of a story, then use the appellation "Mr." or just the last name for the rest of the story.

It was done with Bush, too.

[City Lights]

2. It's not just abc. I hear people on msnbc refer to him as something other

than President Obama. Ed Schultz calls him Barack Obama. I sent him an email asking him to please use his correct title. Thom Hartmann sometimes slips, too, but usually catches himself.

[Shakespeare]

5. You might want to pick up a copy of the AP Style Manual.

This has been accepted practice going back almost a century. There are many things that deserve our outrage; this isn't one of them.

[cynatnite]

3. It's nothing unusual...

there are more important things to be upset about, IMO.

[uponit7771]

4. Both are SOP but Charley Gibson doesn't like Obama, he makes that obvious

[goclark]

7. Charlie Gipson was the one that thought

GW was so funny when Bush pretended to look under the chair for the WMD.
That's when I realized where Mr. Charlie was coming from.

:puke:

[AlCzervik]

6. yes Dimson was referred to as "Mr. Bush" plenty of times.

it's outside the norm, generally a news story will start out with "President ___________" and then referred to as "Mr. ________" during the rest of the story.
____

[louis-t]

10. Stupidface had a fit when someone called him 'mr.'

to his face. "Who do ya think yer talkin' to?"

[burythehatchet]

11. I remember that. It was a striking moment.

[goclark]

12. I miss that one thankfully

It is a pleasure to not look at his face each dah.

[burythehatchet]

14. night and day

[uppityperson]

8. They DID call mrbush mrbush. That is where I picked it up from.

Peter Jennings ALWAYS called him mrbush. Relax.

[uppityperson]

9. darn these dupes

[tangent90]

13. I never called GW "Mr Bush"...just Bush or The Chimp

...

[MrSlayer]

15. For the millionth time, Mr. Obama is perfectly acceptable.

Crying over nothing.

[Sebastian Doyle]

16. They should refer to him as "President Obama" out of respect for the office if nothing else.

I had no problem calling Reagan, Poppy, or Nixon "President" regardless of what I thought of their policies.

However, I never referred to Chimpy as "President", because the bastard was never elected.

Pukes (including media Pukes) can't say that about Obama.

[goclark]

17. I like your thought process

Bush was not the President.

He was "selected" by Diebold.

In my mind there was President Gore and President Kerry.

[bigwillq]

18. Mr. Obama is fine.

I heard the M$M call shrub Mr. Bush.

I think it's fine and I find nothing wrong with it.

[originalpckelly]

19. Title? Um, what is he, royalty?

:shrug:

[goclark]

20. President not King

:patriot:

[Seen the light]

21. They called him Bush and Mr. Bush all the time

Why all the outrage?