“The sixth-grader who made Internet headlines on Thursday for his sharp interviewing style with President Barack Obama says he meant no disrespect. “I didn’t mean to cut him off. I was just nudging him to get on,” said Osman Yahya, 12, in a telephone interview with POLITICO. Story Continued Below The Bennett Middle School student from the Salisbury, Maryland, school district stole the show on social media when he stopped the president from giving a lengthy answer on his love for reading. “I think you’ve sort of covered everything about that question,” Osman told the president during their interview, when Obama began to again speak of his love for reading. “Adults might have been diplomatic,” he said, but he was trying to keep the interview moving so that it could wrap up before students’ lunchtime.” Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2015/04/6th-grader-cut-off-obama-interview-osman-yahya-117526.html#ixzz3Yw8utp13 Watch the full interview here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYod3qCnYJQ John Iadarola of The Young Turks and Think Tank and Ben Mankiewicz of What The Flick? break it down. ********** Get The Young Turks​ Mobile App Today! Download the iOS version here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/the-young-turks/id412793195?ls=1&mt;=8 Download the Android version here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tyt

• published: 02 May 2015
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