Posted on 05/13/2022 6:40:44 PM PDT by simpson96
White House press secretary Jen Psaki’s final briefing with reporters went off the rails Friday after one reporter repeatedly shouted a question about fair access in the room.
As Psaki began to take questions — after fighting back tears as she thanked members of the administration and the press corps — Simon Ateba, the chief White House correspondent for Today News Africa, was heard yelling from the back of the press briefing room.
“Why don’t you take questions from across the room?” Ateba asked as Associated Press reporter Zeke Miller attempted to get things started with a query about the ongoing baby formula shortage.
“Why don’t you take questions from across the room? Because that’s not what you’ve done for the past 15 months,” Ateba shouted again.
Psaki was not initially fazed by Ateba’s lack of decorum. However, the reporter shouted over his colleagues again minutes later.
“Jen, can I ask you a question from the back?” he was heard saying. “Jen, can I ask you a question from the back?”
As Ateba continued to speak over reporters in the front row who attempted to question Psaki, NPR’s Tamara Keith turned around and urged him to desist.(snip)
Psaki has been criticized in the past for strictly sticking to answering questions from reporters in the first few rows of the briefing room, often missing out on questions from outlets such as The Post, the Washington Examiner, Al Jazeera and other foreign media.
After the raucous protest, Peter Alexander of NBC News said he would voluntarily limit himself to two questions to allow more colleagues to have a turn. Front-row journalists routinely help themselves to a half-dozen queries, outraging fellow reporters who can go weeks or months without being called on.
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(“Why don’t you take questions from across the room?”)
Well ... 🤔🤔🤔
And he is in the back of the room because he is black?
“...Associated Press reporter Zeke Miller attempted to get things started with a query about the ongoing baby formula shortage.”
I’m sure Psaki had no idea that question was coming.
(yeah, that was /s)
Psaki is a racist!
“Peter Alexander of NBC News said he would voluntarily limit himself to two questions to allow more colleagues to have a turn.”
How mighty white of him.
Ding-dong, the wicked Jen is done. Worst WH press secretary ever.
Freckles gets heckles 🤪
What a clown show Pstupid was 🤡
Back of the room? He's lucky! Psaki and her ilk want all the blacks dead. That's why they push abortion so hard in black communities.
However, a new contender is coming right up!
Oh, get it now!
"Jen, can I ask you a question from the back of the bus?”
Brandon regime _so inclusive!_ /s
Biden’s team really doesn’t care about Africa.
tsk. tsk. Uppity/s
IOW She got treated the way Trump’s press secretaries got treated every single day (times 2) for four years.
For one lousy day.
The pic with Doocey is a doozy
Good man.
I can just see Acosta giving Kalie mcEnenany a friendly good-bye like that.
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