More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog.
In a puff piece for Monday’s NBC Today, correspondent Sheinelle Jones proclaimed: “During a news conference, President Obama revealed that cell phones are banned from the family dinner table. And his comments are striking a chord with parents across the country...”
Moments later, Jones applauded the President for taking on the morning-show-friendly topic: “Leading the charge to bring discussion back to dinner time, President Obama. During a press conference for his ConnectHome initiative, which aims at providing internet access to low-income communities, the nation’s father-in-chief told fellow parents that he and the First Lady run a tight ship when it comes to cell phones at the table.”