Posted on 06/17/2012 6:21:14 PM PDT by RitaOK
On his Sunday show Reliable Sources, CNN host and Daily Beast Washington bureau chief Howard Kurtz made it clear that he disapproved of The Daily Caller reporter Neil Munros attempt to ask President Barack Obama a question during his immigration announcement on Friday.
However, he then asked guest Matt Lewis, also a contributor to The Daily Caller, to react to Munros attempt, asking if he would have done the same thing. That led to the following exchange between Lewis and Kurtz.
Transcript as follows:
KURTZ: All right. Matt, hes your colleague at The Daily Caller. But a lot of conservatives have criticized what he did. He claimed Neil Munro says he believed the president was closing his remarks. He had no intention of interrupting him. But he kept on talking while the president was trying to speak. LEWIS: Well, first of all a little about Neil Munro. Hes actually an Irish immigrant himself. He was with the National Journal for a decade. So, hes a seasoned reporter. I think, if you put it in context, President Obama, first of all, the policy bypasses Congress KURTZ: No, no, no, Ive only got a few seconds. LEWIS: The speech KURTZ: Would you have done what he did? Was he wrong? LEWIS: Cenk [Uygur] just said that we should be aggressive when asking questions. There was going to be no question and answer. This was the only chance he had to ask a question. KURTZ: Happens all the time. He had no business interrupting the president. LEWIS: The press corps should be a little less deferential to authority. KURTZ: This is not a question of being differential. Ask all the questions you want, you can shout question LEWIS: Where in the Constitution does it say you cant ask questions? This is protocol and its etiquette. But its not constitutional. He did the right thing. KURTZ: I understand. I understand that you have to defend your guy LEWIS: Its not defending my guy. Its defending the right for reporters to ask questions.
What is so hard about this? Do you guys think these Lefties will stay static, sit there, and not use this, happily?
The precedent is set and will be their new net.
And, yes, they will be happy to bump all things up a notch.
A self-serving headline by the Daily Caller...
You think that journalists asking tough questions of Obama will embolden the Left and convince them to be tough on Republican politicians? I got news for you -- the Left will be tough on Republican politicians no matter what we do or don't do.
Your plea that we treat Obama with kid gloves is just naive.
Wonder if he is Ulsterman.
After the next President pulls about two Presidential Press cards the problem is solved.
What's worse?
Lack of decorum by the media reporters?
Or Hussein flipping the entire nation the bird with his hit and run pompous sermons and then stomping off?
I know what my answer is.
Exactly.
Why doesn't the First Racist just phone in his sermons?
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