As part of the Obama Media Machine 2.0, the White House has reinstated its First Questions program (according to techPresident), “during which Press Secretary Jay Carney will answer on [sic] video questions posted on social media.”

Representative sample:

The Obama administration is running a highly sophisticated new-media operation largely under the radar of the mainstream press, which is either too lazy or too stupid to recognize it.

But the truth is: The Obama White House isn’t just end-running the news media. It’s slowly but surely trying to replace it.