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CBS kicked off with the statement itself: almost four minutes of unedited Obama soundbite, what anchor Katie Couric called "an extraordinary appearance." Her colleague Bob Schieffer of CBS' Face the Nation observed that the President had admitted "his words basically made it worse. Now you just do not hear Presidents say things like that very often and he did not release a written statement. He came to the press room and he said it in person." The other Sunday morning anchors pitched in too. David Gregory of NBC's Meet the Press noted that Obama was "agitated yesterday that it got the kind of media attention it got." George Stephanopoulos of ABC's This Week reported that the White House "realized that this debate had cascaded out of their control and that only the President could get that control back."
NBC's White House correspondent Chuck Todd reminded us that "the whole issue of racial profiling is very personal to the President." He quoted from his book The Audacity of Hope in which he recounted "police cars pulling me over for no apparent reason." ABC's Pierre Thomas told us about the mantra in African-American households when dealing with police: "Survive the encounter. Get justice later." Mothers tell children not to be sarcastic; to remain respectful. "Not even an African-American President can change the dynamics, the fear, even the anger that too often define encounters between black men and police," CBS' Bill Whitaker generalized.
As for the specific situation that sparked the headlines, both NBC's Ron Allen and ABC's Dan Harris filed from Cambridge. President Obama said he spoke on the telephone to the arresting police officer, Sgt James Crowley: "There was a discussion about he and I and Professor Gates having a beer here in the White House." Obama repeated his impression that Crowley was "an outstanding police officer" and fellow cops in Cambridge held a news conference in support and solidarity. Crowley granted an interview to WHDH-TV, NBC's affiliate in Boston, and Allen noted that the sergeant "insists Professor Gates provoked the confrontation." ABC's Harris talked to Gates' lawyer. He said his client is "relieved and excited by the President's telephone outreach." However, "Professor Gates does not drink beer."
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