Press Briefing by Tony Snow (Exchange with CNN Correspondent made CNN looked really bad)

The White House ^ | October 20, 2006

[delacoert]

I don't know the name of the female correspondent, but she really came off poorly.

She was whiney in her complaint and just the way she looked and sounded made CNN look bad enough...

...but Tony Snow's (and I'm not a big fan) answer was so smooth and professional that it compounded the effect and put CNN in truely bad light.

Did anyone else see it? and what did you think?

[jwalsh07]

Snow is a great spokesman. He is smooth and he doesn't take crap. What's not to like?

[BallyBill]

...That's the intention of that. I think that's hard to dispute..

Ouch! CNN may be too dumb too realize it just got smacked.

[American Quilter]

I didn't see it, but I sure like your description!

[Laverne]

Thanks for posting the exchange, I read on the live Press thread that this was discussed, but hadn't seen the actual exchange. Tony is so perfect for this job; made CNN look bad, or worse, for airing terrorist propaganda at the same time stating clearly they have a choice...and they chose the terrorists over our troops. CNN has been flogged on this across all the blogs that I have read on this topic, and rightly so.

[MNJohnnie]

I only wish he had told them they were being redesignated enemy combatants and were from now on banned from the White House for their utterly inexcusable broadcasting the Jihadist sniper video.

THEY need access to do their jobs, we do NOT need to give it to them.

[EQAndyBuzz]

"MR. SNOW: No, again, I'm going to let -- the President, I think, is smart enough not to tell television networks what they can run and can't run. "

hehe.. nice slap at the Clintonistas.

[unkus]

Tony Snow is great. He puts them in their place. I really loathe the media more each day.

[AmericaUnited]

Thnak God we got rid of Scott. He was just terrible.

[BigSkyFreeper]

That's the thing, it wasn't a "complete picture" as AC called it, it was propaganda disguised as one-sided junk journalism. None of these networks have lifted a finger in showing a complete picture of Iraq, as far as their concerned, they're covering this war by ignoring every aspect of all the positives and ratcheting up all the violence.

If they wanted to start showing a full picture of the war, they should stop embedding with the friggen enemy.

[Dog]

CNN committed a no no...they overreached on this one. They dropped the mask to show the anti-Americanism that infects their network.....and will regret it.

This one will reach into the heartland...whose sons and daughters are dying in Iraq....and those folks are going to be none to pleased.

[NonValueAdded]

God Bless Tony Snow.

[Lexington Green]

Pictures are the terrorists' REAL WMD - and CNN delivers them

I hope our military revokes CNN's press credentials

[shield]

Why oh why wouldn't you be a fan of Tony Snow? Tony Snow conducts himself like this ALL THE TIME in his pressers.

[jwalsh07]

Amen brother.

[Dems_R_Losers]

CNN committed a no no...they overreached on this one. They dropped the mask to show the anti-Americanism that infects their network.....and will regret it.

This one will reach into the heartland...whose sons and daughters are dying in Iraq....and those folks are going to be none to pleased.

Wellstone funeral, anyone???

[llevrok]

but Tony Snow's (and I'm not a big fan) answer was so smooth

We all have our favorite talk show hosts even if we are basically on the same side

None the less, I think Tony has hit a stride as Press Sec. far above where he was as a talk show host (and I enjoyed him as a talk show host - but not always agreeably so)

[ConservativeMan55]

bttt

[Morgan in Denver]

Just a comment. I hope everyone reading will take a few minutes to write the RNC and whomever they want at the White House to compliment Tony Snow and the job he's doing. Tony is a fantastic resource and I believe the media today would be less hostile had Tony been in his position longer.

[BigSkyFreeper]

Pictures are the terrorists' REAL WMD - and CNN delivers them

What's galling is, it wasn't even filmed by a CNN cameraman. Then we're inundated and beat over the head day in and day out with negative reports out of Iraq, and this comes along and Anderson Cooper calls it a balanced view of the Iraq war.

What ticked me off was how excited and anxious AC looked right before they ran the video, noting that it was exlusive to CNN from an Islamic Iraqi group fighting against U.S. soldiers.