Obama's turn on the View meant that even the most serious-minded journalists had to tune in to daytime TV. Not that they were complaining too much:
Let's just anoint this one Best of the Best Tweets of the Day.
Obama tells The View plenty of blame to go around for Sherrod firing; Whoopi says same for Sister Act 2.
pourmecoffee
pourmecoffee
Mark Knoller, meanwhile, furrows his brow and plays fact-checker.
Obama said he wanted to be on a show that Michelle watches. He said he watches it too, though misstated # of previous appearances.
Mark Knoller
markknoller
Obama told "View": "We shouldn't be campaigning all the time." (He went to two fundraisers after taping)
Mike Memoli
mikememoli
OMG! Barack Obama is on The View? The world will never be the same!
David Corn
DavidCornDC
Dave Weigel is clearly tiring of the summer news cycle.
"You only hate Palin because she's pretty" almost as tiresome as "you only hate Obama because you're racist."
daveweigel
daveweigel
And, as all roads lead to Rome, all news coverage eventually wends its way back to LeBron.
For 3 weeks, people whine about seeing too much LeBron coverage. Except when ESPN spikes a story about him. Then it becomes essential news.
Chuck Klosterman
CKlosterman
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