Avoid the Press

Jake Tapper mocks the Obama campaign for granting an interview with Mario Lopez on the TV show "Extra!"

On Oct. 24, 2007, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., said that as president he would hold regular press conferences and "not just call on my four favorite reporters."

But the Democratic presidential nominee hasn't held a full press conference -- submitting himself to more than a handful of questions from his whole press corps -- in more than a month, since Sept. 24, 2008, in Clearwater, Fla.

Biden's lack of availability has also been criticized recently.