Mr. Obama http://www.npr.org Mr. Obama en Copyright 2013 NPR - For Personal Use Only NPR API RSS Generator 0.94 Tue, 06 Nov 2012 13:57:00 -0500 http://media.npr.org/images/npr_news_123x20.gif Mr. Obama http://www.npr.org To Be American In Referring To The President Only the president of the United States is given the respect on air of being called "Mister" or by his office title in second references. I hereby announce on this election day that whoever wins, the honorific be dumped come the January inauguration. It's not just a matter of journalistic fairness. It's a matter of being American. Tue, 06 Nov 2012 13:57:00 -0500 http://www.npr.org/blogs/ombudsman/2012/11/06/164407143/learning-to-be-american-in-referring-to-the-president?ft=1&f=125937763 http://www.npr.org/blogs/ombudsman/2012/11/06/164407143/learning-to-be-american-in-referring-to-the-president?ft=1&f=125937763 Only the president of the United States is given the respect on air of being called "Mister" or by his office title in second references. I hereby announce on this election day that whoever wins, the honorific be dumped come the January inauguration. It's not just a matter of journalistic fairness. It's a matter of being American.

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]]> Why Do You Call Him Mr. Obama? Many listeners think it's disrespectful for NPR to refer to President Obama as 'Mr. Obama' on second reference. But NPR has a decades-old policy dating back to Gerald Ford. Wed, 12 Oct 2011 18:15:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/blogs/ombudsman/2011/10/12/141293477/why-do-you-call-him-mr-obama?ft=1&f=125937763 http://www.npr.org/blogs/ombudsman/2011/10/12/141293477/why-do-you-call-him-mr-obama?ft=1&f=125937763 Many listeners think it's disrespectful for NPR to refer to President Obama as 'Mr. Obama' on second reference. But NPR has a decades-old policy dating back to Gerald Ford.

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]]> Why Do You Call Him Mr. Obama? Many listeners think it's disrespectful for NPR to refer to President Obama as 'Mr. Obama' in the second reference. But NPR has a decades-old policy dating back to Gerald Ford to refer to the current president as 'Mr.' or 'the president' in the s... Fri, 18 Dec 2009 15:21:00 -0500 http://www.npr.org/blogs/ombudsman/2009/12/why_do_you_call_him_mr_obama.html?ft=1&f=125937763 http://www.npr.org/blogs/ombudsman/2009/12/why_do_you_call_him_mr_obama.html?ft=1&f=125937763 Many listeners think it's disrespectful for NPR to refer to President Obama as 'Mr. Obama' in the second reference. But NPR has a decades-old policy dating back to Gerald Ford to refer to the current president as 'Mr.' or 'the president' in the s...

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]]> Mr. Obama, Mormons and Susan Stamberg's Paris Vacation UPDATE on Mr. Obama 2-3-09From Ron Elving, NPR's Senior Supervising Editor of the Washington Desk: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 13:29:00 -0500 http://www.npr.org/blogs/ombudsman/2009/01/mr_obama_mormons_and_susan_sta_1.html?ft=1&f=125937763 http://www.npr.org/blogs/ombudsman/2009/01/mr_obama_mormons_and_susan_sta_1.html?ft=1&f=125937763 UPDATE on Mr. Obama 2-3-09From Ron Elving, NPR's Senior Supervising Editor of the Washington Desk:

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