Media too focused on failures, President Obama says

President Barack Obama criticized the media’s focus on the failures of government like the Internal Revenue Service scandal and the botched HealthCare.gov rollout -- saying that not enough attention is paid to quiet successes.

President Obama cited Craig Fugate’s stewardship of the Federal Emergency Management Agency as an example of an important government agency functioning as expected in relative obscurity. Fugate “has managed as many natural disasters over the last five years as just about anybody and has done a flawless job,” President Obama said. “Nobody knows who this guy is,” President Obama said of Fugate. “And if, in fact, we go in after Sandy or after the tornadoes -- in Oklahoma or -- or Missouri and we’re helping a lot of people effectively and quickly. And they’re getting what they need. Nobody hears about that.”