Thursday, July 02, 2009

Helen Thomas & Chip Reid grill Obama press secretary

Is the honeymoon over between the MSM and the Obama administration?

Yesterday's testy questioning of White House press secretary Robert Gibbs by Chip Reid, chief CBS White House correspondent, and long-time White House reporter Helen Thomas, was an interesting -- and welcome -- exchange to watch. The reporters persistently kept at Mr. Gibbs about the White House "staging questions" ... Mr. Gibbs tried to gloss over it with equal parts smart-alectness and dancing-on-a-hot-griddle.

World Net Daily reported:
Reporters on the White House beat are alarmed over the apparent staging of a question for President Obama's news briefing Tuesday, and they have grilled press secretary Robert Gibbs about it.

There were accusations the White House "planted" a reporter with a question. That led to a defense by Gibbs of the practice that brought a query at one point from Les Kinsolving, WND's correspondent at the White House that, "Aren't you – you and the president aware that this cast suspicion that all of such questions may be presidentially planted."
Read the article for the entire exchange between Mr. Gibbs and reporters or watch the video here.

Did Fox News Channel's Major Garrett's bold question of the president, "What took you so long?" -- talking about Iran -- lead the way for honest questioning by others in the media?

2 comments:

edgycater said...

If the Sea Hag has turned on the Obama administration they are definitely in trouble.

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Reaganite Republican said...

Obama thinks you're stupid-
he thinks everyone is as stupid as the people that voted for him.

He makes the loosest, most general statements possible, to attempt to imply that Bush is responsible for all the rampant spending because it started under him.

He lies and changes his story at-will on everything from his cabinet's ethics to whether or not he ever met with Blago to discuss his senate seat, meanwhile the press is occupied with stories on his puppy vetting process and how Barack likes to play basketball.

And Obama could care less if you catch him lying or flip-flopping too, he just changes the subject and moves right-on-along.

Obama wants the state to be your mother and father- and it's his right to lie to you if he wishes... just like your parents when you were five.

Government will be one you come to for money, ask permission when you want to think or speak, and who handles all your finances for you since of course you can't be trusted.

http://reaganiterepublicanresistance.blogspot.com