Reporter: WH Press Secretary Gets Questions from Reporters Before Press Briefing

weeklystandard.com ^ | 3/20/14 | Daniel Halper

[cotton1706]

As some of us always suspected, a choreographed show.

[austinaero]

The biggest story here, IMHO, is that NOT ONE press-bot has complained about it.

[fhayek]

Members of the White House Correspondent’s pool are denying this. If this is confirmed (and I have no doubt that this is true), then it is proof-positive that members of the white house correspondents are willing to lie to protect the president.

[Art in Idaho]

There is total control of the media in America now. Worse than Pravda. Patriots of America, unite!

[Cementjungle]

They’re just realizing this now?

[Leonard210]

Someone just got fired.

[ClearCase_guy]

Presidential debates are handled the same way — at least for one of the candidates.

[DManA]

Members of the White House Correspondent’s pool are denying this

The ones who never get called on perhaps?

[cotton1706]

“Presidential debates are handled the same way — at least for one of the candidates.”

Yup! “pull the transcript, Candy!” “sure thing, Mr. President, Sir!”

[ryan71]

Combine this with appearances on late night shows, The View, etc. and you have a giant smorgasbord of propaganda for low information voters to feed on.

[jeffc]

Did the press pool ever do this withe Repub Prez?

[chiefqc]

Everything about this administration is a lie - EVERTHING.

[JayAr36]

Members of the White House Correspondent’s pool are denying this

Why, of course!

[McGruff]

You're gonna make him cry.

Or go potty in his pants.

[goodnesswins]

Ed Henry is denying

[MNGal]

“The biggest story here, IMHO, is that NOT ONE press-bot has complained about it.”

Of those that were bothered by this policy, they were most likely fearful of retaliation from the Administration if they complained.

A reporter from the Daily Caller, Neil Munro, was literally run off from a press conference in December after he asked a difficult question. The Administration contests that they ran him off because he “interrupted.”

[TomGuy]

Her denial and apology tour will begin within the hour.

WH/Dems/MSM can’t let that stand — she revealed INSIDER information.

[dfwgator]

“That makes me a sad panda.”

[mrsmel]

It’s worse than Pravda because our media completely voluntarily go along with the show. No one has forced or threatened them to do so.

[WilliamofCarmichael]

In the 1990s Norman Liebmann, a former Television writer (Johnny Carson, Dean Martin, and many more), called Clinton White house press conferences, reporter obedience training.