How the Us Media Has Viewed Gordon Brown's Visit
Excerpts from US media organizations commenting on the British PM's visit to the US
"Who's that man?" A Drudge Report headline underneath a picture of Gordon Brown at the White House yesterday.
"Times are so bad, in fact, that Brown flew to America on a plane provided by the discount charter company Titan Airways. The stature of the two leaders had shrunk so much that there were empty seats in the Rose Garden yesterday, and only Fox News bothered to have its correspondent do a live report from the event." Dana Milbank, Washington Post, on the joint press conference with Bush at the White House.
"Well, not much news there." CNN anchor at the end of Bush and Brown's White House press conference.
British Leader Visits US in Pope's Shadow "Lambasted at home by foes across the political spectrum, Prime Minister Gordon Brown began a formal visit to the United States on Wednesday, and even there he seemed to some Britons to face eclipse by a simultaneous sojourn in America by Pope Benedict XVI." The New York Times yesterday
"Indeed, in the past two days the city hosted Pope Benedict the Sixteenth and his fine ride, British prime minister Gordon Brown and Mohammad Krim Khalili, one of the two vice-presidents of Afghanistan. South Korean president Lee Myung-bak arrived yesterday for a visit -- not to mention eager throngs anticipating the DC Hip Hop and Peace building Festival and X-Conference 2008, a forum exploring all things extraterrestrial." Jennifer Harper, Washington Times, on the city's crowded schedule of visits and events
"Some analysts question whether Brown will achieve much from his trip, unless he is able to portray himself as a world figure able to lead on the economic front. 'I'm skeptical that any jawboning has any effect,' says Graham Wilson, a political science professor at Boston University. 'I'm not sure Wall Street will respond to a British prime minister.' Wilson... also questions the timing of the trip, which coincides with a US visit by Pope Benedict XVI and the Dalai Lama, Tibet's exiled spiritual leader. 'If he wanted publicity in the United States, it's a rather odd time to come,' Wilson says. A report in USA Today previewing Brown's trip
"Times are so bad, in fact, that Brown flew to America on a plane provided by the discount charter company Titan Airways. The stature of the two leaders had shrunk so much that there were empty seats in the Rose Garden yesterday, and only Fox News bothered to have its correspondent do a live report from the event." Dana Milbank, Washington Post, on the joint press conference with Bush at the White House.
"Well, not much news there." CNN anchor at the end of Bush and Brown's White House press conference.
British Leader Visits US in Pope's Shadow "Lambasted at home by foes across the political spectrum, Prime Minister Gordon Brown began a formal visit to the United States on Wednesday, and even there he seemed to some Britons to face eclipse by a simultaneous sojourn in America by Pope Benedict XVI." The New York Times yesterday
"Indeed, in the past two days the city hosted Pope Benedict the Sixteenth and his fine ride, British prime minister Gordon Brown and Mohammad Krim Khalili, one of the two vice-presidents of Afghanistan. South Korean president Lee Myung-bak arrived yesterday for a visit -- not to mention eager throngs anticipating the DC Hip Hop and Peace building Festival and X-Conference 2008, a forum exploring all things extraterrestrial." Jennifer Harper, Washington Times, on the city's crowded schedule of visits and events
"Some analysts question whether Brown will achieve much from his trip, unless he is able to portray himself as a world figure able to lead on the economic front. 'I'm skeptical that any jawboning has any effect,' says Graham Wilson, a political science professor at Boston University. 'I'm not sure Wall Street will respond to a British prime minister.' Wilson... also questions the timing of the trip, which coincides with a US visit by Pope Benedict XVI and the Dalai Lama, Tibet's exiled spiritual leader. 'If he wanted publicity in the United States, it's a rather odd time to come,' Wilson says. A report in USA Today previewing Brown's trip
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