You bet he was cherry picking tonight.

…Senior Administration Officials notified reporters from Stars & Stripes, Univision and other news outlets that they should have question ready. Several reporters moved up in assigned seats as result…

Obama skips major papers: No NYT, WaPo, WSJ, USA Today

He needs Univision for his upcoming arsekissing session with Mexico next month.   The border situation is not going very well.

As for Stars & Stripes, Obama needs to keep them within arm’s reach.  I don’t believe that he has much use for newspapers anymore.  He won or haven’t you heard that yet?