Mister Obama?

[merhawk]

Perhaps I'm missing something; however, I always thought that once you earned your title of President, Senator, etc, that title is always used. So, dear Renee Montagne of NPR, why were you calling President Obama Mr Obama over half the time this morning? Why was it, during the campaign, that Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama were the two that kept

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[lugonn]

The next time I was reading the paper, The Wall Street Journal, I found that he was President in the first reference, but Mr. in the other references. This was true with several articles. So I guess it considered to be a valid journalistic option (as someone mentioned).