Actually the Cheney people did report the shooting to the media, just not the correct media.
The White House Press Corps is throwing a hissy fit because the Cheney people reported the shooting to a local newspaper, not to them.
That is not being secretive, that is not a conspiracy to cover up.
What it is is a blow to the inflated egos of the WH Press Corps and they are now having juvenile temper tantrums about it.
The Cheney people knew that no matter what media outlet they reported the shooting to, it would go national fast.
The old, run-down, arrogant main stream media just cannot handle that!
Yeah, and that "day" Reid is talking about was mostly the overnight hours.
Does ANYONE care who the NBC White House reporter is nowadays?
It used to matter somewhat.
Nowadays the only reason to take note of his name is so that can use his name when we refer to his normally crappy reportage.
Informed, intelligent, independent thinkers do not watch much TV.
If you are one of the sheeple, you may still be watching.
Also, contrary to numerous media reports, the Secret Service reported the incident to local police within 45 minutes of the shooting.
Well...it is terrible that some smalltown Texas paper actually put the information out to the world, when we could have had Wolf Blitzer personally do it. I suggest that Cheney take along Wolf on all future hunting trips (unarmed of course...I don't think Wolf can handle a shotgun), and let Wolf report the facts as he sees them. And....if in some way....Cheney repeats the accident again...and wings Wolf...then Wolf can go live and broadcast his interview with Cheney while the ambulance wheels him away. This would help booster CNN's ratings and Wolf's a strong guy anyway...he'd be standing while giving the interview and never say a word when they dab the wounds with alcohol. And this way...CNN gets the story it wants, and Cheney doesn't even have to do a press conference.