Posted on 02/15/2006 5:37:37 AM PST by shortstop
A question for the White House press corps:
Who the hell do you think you are?
Seriously. Exactly how egomaniacal are you people?
The question is spurred by your conduct the other day over this Dick Cheney matter. The vice president was involved in a hunting accident and all of a sudden it wasn’t about him or what happened, it was how you weren’t notified.
Like the world revolves around you.
And you started acting like idiots. Juvenile, arrogant, antagonistic idiots. It was a shameful spectacle that further alienated regular Americans and showed, in the view of many, your bias and enmity toward the Bush administration and the people it represents.
Instead of demanding an explanation you should be offering an apology.
Especially this horse-face David Gregory.
After NBC blowhard David Gregory began a tirade in the White House briefing room, spokesman Scott McClellan jabbed him with a gentle, “David, hold on. The cameras aren’t on right now. You can do this later.”
Then the freak show began in earnest.
“Don't accuse me of trying to pose to the cameras,” David Gregory roared. “Don't be a jerk to me personally when I'm asking you a serious question.”
“You don't have to yell,” the spokesman responded.
“I will yell,' David Gregory said, stabbing the air with his finger. “If you want to use that podium to try to take shots at me personally, which I don't appreciate, then I will raise my voice, because that's wrong.”
“Calm down, Dave. Calm down,” Scott McClellan said.
“I'll calm down when I feel like calming down,” David Gregory said. “You answer the question.”
“I have answered the question,” the White House spokesman said. “I'm sorry you're getting all riled up about.”
“I am riled up – because you're not answering the question,” David Gregory said.
This was part of an exchange in which the assembled press corps turned into obnoxious rabble over the fine points of why they learned about the Cheney incident Sunday morning instead of Saturday night.
Somehow some great principle had been violated, the Republic had been imperiled and before you knew it they were comparing it to Hurricane Katrina.
The venom and rudeness of the display were palpable and nauseating. The tone was patently hateful. The media elites savaged the White House spokesman.
It was an insight into the soullessness of a group of people with the most extreme form of self-importance known to man. By watching them you’d get the impression they believe they’re reporting to idiots about idiots.
The philosophical and attitudinal distance between the reporters in that briefing room and the regular people on Main Street was about a million miles.
Not that the vice president’s hunting accident wasn’t important, not that there isn’t a natural public curiosity about it.
But there is a way ladies and gentlemen conduct themselves. There is a civil air most people can carry with them. There is a level of dignity and comity which the average person has no difficulty maintaining.
And yet, these stuffed shirts, with their huge paychecks and impressive educations, acted like savages. They were a mob.
And they were disrespecting the White House.
They were in the executive chambers of the United States government, and instead of conducting themselves in a professional and respectful manner, they acted like spoiled brats.
For all the world to see.
They think this is a controversy. They want this to be a controversy.
But it’s not.
It is a political stunt begun by the reporters and continued by the Democrats. The pretended objectivity of the White House press was disproved by the animosity and hostility of the shouted questioning. Such anger and antagonism destroy the charade of impartiality. The media showed themselves to be not reporters, but opponents.
Which is what we always thought they were.
And which they cannot now deny being.
That wasn’t journalism, that was a riot.
The hissy-fit riot of a privileged elite jumping on what it hopes is blood in the water.
It was a sickening and embarrassing display. And it was brought to you by the evening news.
An evening news that is watched by few and trusted by fewer. An evening news that has subverted a free press to a private agenda. The news hounds have become attack dogs.
And now we have seen them for what they are.
Howling savages driven by hate.
Great observation! I had not heard that angle. The only place I have heard the Gore comments discussed was on Fox on Monday morning. I hope the R's have stored the video for use in ad campaigns later.
However...
If these whiney preschoolers (in every sense of the word) started getting the heave-ho as soon as they start their disrespect of the process, I would pay admission...
I don't seem to recall them in such a snit when the Clinton's lawyer, Vince Foster, was found shot.......
All through the day, I me mine
I me mine, I me mine
All through the night, I me mine
I me mine, I me mine
Now they're frightened of leaving it
Everyone's weaving it
Coming on strong all the time
All through the day I me mine
I-I-me-me-mine, I-I-me-me-mine
I-I-me-me-mine, I-I-me-me-mine
All I can hear, I me mine
I me mine, I me mine
Even those tears, I me mine
I me mine, I me mine
No-one's frightened of playing it
Everyone's saying it
Flowing more freely than wine
All through the day I me mine
I-I-me-me mine, I-I-me-me mine
I-I-me-me mine, I-I-me-me mine
Oh, what I wouldn't give to see this story resurface!
From a good editorial in today's WSJ:
• 11:27 a.m., Monday. Mr. McClellan finally holds a press conference and gets grilled. One reporter actually asks (and we're not making this one up), "Would this be much more serious if the man had died?"
For the record, Mr. McClellan replied, "Of course it would." We hope the 78-year-old Mr. Whittington recovers promptly after his heart attack yesterday. As for the Beltway press corps, it has once again earned the esteem in which it is held by the American public.
Can't you find an adult to cover White House press conferences?
They were in the executive chambers of the United States government, and instead of conducting themselves in a professional and respectful manner, they acted like spoiled brats.
The Whitehouse is the People's house, it represents all of us and their behavior is a slam at all of us. They not only don't respect the administration, they don't respect the people who voted for him.
Stupid questions get ignored.
A repeat of the question gets a warning.
A third offence means ejection.
These sorry morons aren't aware that a single "pool" adult correspondent satisfies the "open government" requirement. Which is voluntary.
What izzat?.......
media bias bump.
That's Lonsberry's style. Not only do I dislike the one sentence paragraphs, he also has sentences that are incomplete. I guess he writes like he thinks. I still enjoy his stuff because I'm almost always in agreement with him.
Why is a "White House Press Corpse" even given special place on the grounds? Make them wait in the snow and rain like plebes............
Is journalism really an impressive education? What is the IQ required to graduate with a journalism degree? I say it is less than 90, i.e. less than the average intelligence.
oh yeah, and just for the record....
So one has to ask, has this really all been WH "mishandling" of the incident or WH "manipulation" of the moron presstitutes.
Let's get hypothetical. Minutes after the shooting mishap, a full-fledged press conference is called. How would that have been reported? "Before some of the wounded mans' closest relatives had even been notified, the White House spin machine was in full damage control. In a shocking display of arrogance, protecting the reputation of the Vice President was more important than waiting for a complete medical evaluation of the injured lawyer. CBS News interviewed the lawyer's second cousin, who first heard about the accident on TV....."
Great article.
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