记者遭斩首仍打高尔夫 奥巴马受批评
US President Barack Obama admitted he should have expected to be criticized for hitting the links on the same day that he addressed the beheading of American journalist James Foley and spoke with his family.
美国记者福利8月间遭伊斯兰国恐怖分子斩首，美国总统奥巴马当时正在度假，他公开谴责这一暴行后，随即赶往高球场挥杆。奥巴马7日接受采访时承认这样做很不应该。
'Part of this job is also the theater of it,' he told NBC News' Chuck Todd. 'Well, it's not something that always comes naturally to me. But it matters. And I'm mindful of that.'
He added: 'I should have anticipated the optics' of playing golf.
Obama, who was on vacation at the time of Foley's murder, was heavily criticized for heading to the golf course at Martha's Vineyard where he was vacationing on August 21.
He said he was 'heartbroken' over Foley's death and that it was hard for him to hold back tears while speaking with his family.
Obama blamed the contrasting images partially on how the press follows him everywhere, even while he is 'supposed to be on vacation'.
He said there's always potential for bad news to occur, and sometimes it'll happen while the president is on holiday.