Posted on 03/20/2023 2:36:43 PM PDT by dennisw
Disruptive reporter derails White House briefing with Ted Lasso cast: Karine Jean-Pierre tears into correspondent for interrupting her and press corps starts shouting in front of Jason Sudeikis and co-stars Jason Sudeikis and co-stars were in the White House to discuss mental health
Today News Africa's Simon Ateba then started berating Karine Jean-Pierre He started shouting at her for not asking him a question in seven months
The White House press briefing with the Ted Lasso cast descended into chaos on Monday before it even began when a disruptive reporter berated Karine Jean-Pierre for not taking questions from him.
Jason Sudeikis was set to discuss mental health with the co-stars from the award-winning show when Today News Africa correspondent Simon Ateba started shouting at President Biden's press secretary.
'You're making a mockery of the First Amendment ... It's been seven months and you have not called on me,' he said to the press secretary while the cast looked on in bemusement.
'You've been discriminating against me and discrimination against some people in the briefing,' he shouted while other members of the press and Sudeikis – along with the stars of the AppleTV+ show – looked on.
'This is not China, this is not Russia,' he added as reporters then interjected and told him they were fed up with his conduct. Jean-Pierre has frequently admonished Ateba in the past, but this time journalists in the room demanded he quiet himself so that the day's event – the only on-record interaction with senior White House officials – could begin.
'You are impinging on everybody in here who's only trying to do their job,' reporter Brian Karem said and another correspondent said: 'The rest of us are here too, pal'.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Black on black no racism here, now what? oh male black homophobe women hater
'You are impinging on everybody in here who's only trying to do their job,' reporter Brian Karem said...
...showing all the world what a hypocrite Brian Karem, and probably a DNC shill to boot.
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