It’s still kind of cynical to release it.

I’d be interested in seeing a photo of him overseeing a drone strike which has undoubtedly killed civilians.

“Like George Bush’s government in Iraq, Obama’s administration neither documents nor acknowledges the civilian casualties of the CIA’s drone strikes in north-west Pakistan. But a report by the law schools at Stanford and New York universities suggests that during the first three years of his time in office, the 259 strikes for which he is ultimately responsible killed between 297 and 569 civilians, of whom at least 64 were children. These are figures extracted from credible reports: there may be more which have not been fully documented.”

from:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/dec/17/us-killings-tragedies-pakistan-bug-splats

Same for the Irish president, I’d like to see a picture of Michael d when he found out Darren was shot!

Darren who?

I for one want a photographer to follow Enda around, and capture the “emotion” of being the Taoiseach… The tears (or lack of) when ministers inform him of cuts to careers, the anger (or lack of) when confronting bankers/union heads in the dail, and the passion (or lack of) when sticking up for the country on a sojourn to Brussels.

I have an old Canon 350D and would be willing to take this on (for the standard €120k a year fee, though) #LetsMakeEndaTransparent

Don’t see photos of him celebrating when his soldiers play Call of Duty with people’s lives abroad. I’m sure his heart bleeds for all the innocents he murdered

Well then throw up a few photos of him pissed drunk on Stephens day….

Balance man….balance

Adebayo

James Patrick Smith, I have never witnessed such a dismal performance in all my life as when I watched Obama give that press conference. I bet his advisers regret asking him to do that since he definitely won’t be winning any oscars. Crocodile tears and a massive PR stunt.

Crocodile tears? Don’t think so.

Do you think it’s likely to be the other way around to the President of the United States?

Note the delusion of people, not recognising your fact.

Illegal immoral and unconstitutional.

so this 4th or 5th attempt at posting this comment is still up after 20 mins. I do hope it’s left up this time or at least someone from @ thejournal.ie can tell me why it’s being removed when the majority of the comments are calling this quite rightly for what it is? pure and utter propaganda and nothing else!!

Well Gearoid;

You are not alone. I posted a comment saying that this was absolute propaganda and pointed out the fact that the US has, over the course of several presidencies been responsible for massive amounts of murders but my post was removed. I also stated that I didn’t believe the US should be given carte blanche to raise havoc around the world and be a law unto themselves in return for, as some suggested, their gifts of fast food and rubbish film and TV to the world.

What’s the point in a comment section where we should be allowed to express all sides and therefore get a balanced argument if the comments the Journal doesn’t agree with get removed? Feel free to respond, Journal comment censors!

(Let’s see how long this one stays up)!

careful there Garrett, it looks like you’ve had too much to think

Lads how do you know it wasn’t a technical glitch? I didn’t read anything in either of your comments that would have been worth censoring.

Because, Kevin, it was posted and then it wasn’t.

And further demonstrating my paranoid tendency towards conspiracy I’m wondering… the guy who carried out this shooting, like the one in the Aurora cinema shootings, was due to testify in the Libor case. I wonder if there are any other strange related incidents?

i know there have been many comments removed all day as I was watching this piece since it was put up and i was reading the clued up comments that started pouring in only to watch my own and many others disappear continually all day. i’m amazed this has been left up so long but also extremely disappointed that people aren’t afforded the right to read all comments that were put up during the day. websites can remove peoples comments but that will not stop the rising numbers who are seeing right through the spin and pr governments and news outlets are trying to feed us. Idle No More!!

White House photographer follows the president everywhere, has unrestricted access. His job is to photographically document every moment of the presidency. US presidents have had dedicated photographers for decades. I seen a documentary on him before and he often stays in the room when everyone else has left even when the president is meeting with other heads of state.

There is an official White House photographer that follows the president everywhere. It’s not like Obama said he you guys wait until the photographer gets here before you tell me some news so I can look emotional. It’s cynical to think that’s what happens. Have a look at the pics http://www.flickr.com/photos/whitehouse/

Did the photographer ever a picture of Bill and Monica in the oval office??

There was an interesting National Geographic documentary about this. There is indeed such a photographer and he is almost everywhere with the president. The purpose, I think, is to visually document as much of the presidency as possible. Sometimes that will include big occasions and often just unguarded times such as this. I think the current guy is called Pete de Souza (or something) and Obama is not the first US president he has worked for.

I have two things to say on this.
1) The publication of this photo is nothing more than a PR stunt by the White House to gain support for Obama, “the real man behind the president”.
2) Does the American government not have anything better to spend their money on than having their President followed around 24/7 by a photographer?

@Amy

Your 2 things to say don’t actually contribute anything. Suggest you keep your deep insights to yourself in future.

Lol Paul

@ paul – and yours says even less. Perhaps you should take a bit of your own advise and keep it to yourself!

Paul, my comment contributes a lot more than yours does. The comment section is there for people to share their own views, whether you agree or not. I suggest next time you should just give your own “deep insight” into the topic instead of wasting your time with completely useless comments aimed at other readers.

It would be hard to tell whether the presidents reactions are real or fake when he knows there’s a camera on him most of the time! Either way, I find it hard to believe that he wouldn’t be saddened at this news, just as I find it hard to believe that he wouldn’t be saddened at hearing about innocent lives been lost in the war against terror!

Bertie must have had one of them photographers too! Hence the massive make up bills

He had to hide in a cupboard to avoid them, and even at that they still caught him on camera.

He worked for Reagan as well.

The official photographer is there all the time, I’m not 100%sure but i think he is informed by the chief of staff of highly emotive events to truly capture the exact moment. The same thing happened with Clinton when he was informed of Yitzak Rabins death, the photographer was there to capture it, it’s in his autobiography, it’s a really striking picture.

Amy you are dead right, the people on this board have a hard-on for Obama even though they know nothing about his ruining of the country.

Don’t worry, they’ll play the race card soon, followed by the “Blame Bush” card, along with an intrinsic racism that states “because I support a black president I am therefore a good person, yet I have no clue about the fire economic shape the US is in”

They’ll get angry, but they’ll know deep down he’s a farce driving an already doomed country to a quicker failure.

The truth hurst.

*hurts

Is it the non existence of this other app that has you referring it it as “unnamed”?

So…. You don’t copy and paste in your job?

It’s the daily mail app and I certainly don’t copy and paste in my job. Not very practical.

Disagree completely, your comment is quite crass and immature. it doesn’t show him crying! It shows him taking in the news like any head of state would, he’s in shock and not worried about composure. He’s a father and like any father, to hear that 20 children were massacred takes its toll.

The moon landing was a fake!

Correct, I am immature. Crass, hmmm maybe.

And I would consider you innocent and gullible.

boom boom boom lemme hear you say Adebayo! Bayo!

@ Cholly ; it’s the fact that Obama and Michelle are both parents is what is most shocking when you read about what Obama has sanctioned against their own people. look at the patriot act and amendments to other acts designed to remove all rights of the American people and subsequently the rest of the world to live a free life. Obamas administration sign off on mass terrorist operations daily in the name of peace yet never once shed a tear for all the innocent people killed, maimed or psychologically affected by this war on terror (and drugs!!)!! Therefore, Obamas tears on the tv after the shootings amounted to no more than https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSAl2-vWIH0 in my opinion.