The Industry Standard - Video: President Obama calls on a blogger - Comments http://www.thestandard.com./news/2009/02/10/video-president-obama-calls-huffington-post-reporter-press-conference Comments for "Video: President Obama calls on a blogger" en Video: President Obama calls on a blogger http://www.thestandard.com./news/2009/02/10/video-president-obama-calls-huffington-post-reporter-press-conference <!--paging_filter--><p><!--paging_filter--> <p><!--paging_filter--></p> <p><!--paging_filter--></p> <p><!--paging_filter--> </p> <p><!--paging_filter--></p> <p><!--paging_filter--> </p> <p>For the first time in a presidential press conference, President Obama called on a reporter for a blog to ask a question. After a question from newsroom staple Helen Thomas, Obama called on Sam Stein from the Huffington Post, who asked the President about whether he thought a Truth and Reconciliation Committee to investigate &quot;the misdeeds&quot; of the Bush adminstration, as proposed by Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) was a good idea.</p> <p>Obama danced around the question, saying he hadn't read the report and preferred to look forward rather than back. </p> <p>An unexciting question, but a big step towards credibility for online only publications and the Huffington Post in particular. See the video of the question and answer below.</p> <div><center><object width="480" height="385"></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/58ZX0FZr2a0&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0x3a3a3a&amp;color2=0x999999"></param> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/58ZX0FZr2a0&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0x3a3a3a&amp;color2=0x999999" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object></center></div> http://www.thestandard.com./news/2009/02/10/video-president-obama-calls-huffington-post-reporter-press-conference#comments co:huffington post people:barack obama people:Sam Stein Standards &amp; Legal The Industry Standard Wed, 11 Feb 2009 12:09:07 -0500 Jordan Golson 126173 at http://www.thestandard.com.