The Obama White House quells the recent rumblings from the WH press corps by inviting them to July 4th fireworks. With a caveat.
Gawker: There is a cosmic irony at work here: The party was "closed press." (Ha!) It was covered, under onerous restrictions, by a pool reporter—the Baltimore Sun's Paul West. West was ushered in by White House staffers for a mere 40 minutes, so he could record the president's remarks. He was kept in a pen so that he wouldn't run amok and interview someone. He shouted questions at Obama as he worked the rope line, which the president ignored. Then he was taken away. West wrote up his blindered account of the party and then e-mailed it to the White House press corps, many of whom were actually at the party, outside of the pen, hanging out with all the other guests. And then, because they had temporarily signed away the right to do their jobs in exchange for facetime with staffers, a few cold Stoudt's American Pale Ales, and some corn on the cob, their news organizations picked up that pool report and used it to tell their readers what happened at the party. This is how the press covers the White House.
One reporter noted for chronicling White House bowel movements conveniently left out his presence in his daily dump.
3 comments:
It is about time a reporter sees the "Emperor" and his WH lackeys revel as the country suffers. Real reporters tell the truth no matter what.
DOES ANYONE REALY SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE?. I AGREE, REAL REPORTERS, IF THERE ARE ANY LEFT, WOULD NEVER THINK ABOUT DOING THIS TO BEGIN WITH. DID THOSE THAT DID ATTEND, THINK THEY COULD GET AWAY WITH IT AND NO ONE WOULD CARE? DISGUSTING.
So does anyone what to wager money on when or what will happen to make the current lap dogs assigned to the president will wake up and realize they are just obama's whores? Geez this guy coulkd eat childrenj and the Food Network would send in Andrew Zimmer to cover the gala event.
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