Obama denounces emphasis on health care protests

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BELGRADE, Mont. – President Barack Obama on Friday denounced news media emphasis on scenes of angry protesters at town-hall meetings on health care as he fielded polite but tough questioning on his efforts.

"TV loves a ruckus," Obama said.

Trying to sell his overhaul plan amid an increasingly noisy and partisan debate, Obama told a town hall-style meeting in an airport hangar, "What you haven't seen on TV and what makes me proud are the many constructive meetings going on all over the country."

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