‘Beyond parody’: NBC News headline touts ‘dominant’ Obama visiting Russia

http://twitter.com/#!/billis820/status/375728822772977664

As President Obama arrived in Russia for the G-20 summit he was met by Vladimir Putin, who some reported received a “death stare” from Obama.

With that in mind, check out this headline regarding Obama’s meeting with Putin:

http://twitter.com/#!/jimgeraghty/status/375728586239381504

The content of the story was no less sycophantic, as the “tough guy” persona was cranked up full blast:

http://twitter.com/#!/jimgeraghty/status/375728947972960257

Putin must have seen the pictures of Obama riding a bike or playing golf and now is intimidated when the U.S. president is in the area.

Mockery of the NBC headline and story was fast to take off:

http://twitter.com/#!/EmailMagician/status/375734729883910144
http://twitter.com/#!/forexwatcher/status/375729363292934144
http://twitter.com/#!/JustTom076/status/375729668193656832
http://twitter.com/#!/DixyDarlin/status/375732530189586432
http://twitter.com/#!/blackandgold43/status/375731584441147392

The Russian press might have a different take on things:

http://twitter.com/#!/RobertGamble/status/375735032624586752

All we know is whoever wrote these flatter-free headlines for The Moscow Times and Russia Today can forget about working for NBC News:

http://twitter.com/#!/RT_com/status/375606266820706305