White House and Freedom of the Press

Courtesy Donklephant  Wed, 10/21/2009 - 10:06am

The administration’s public feud with Fox News has the interest of some other news organizations. Jake Tapper, the ABC News Senior White House correspondent, ends an exchange with White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs with a pointed question:

I’m not talking about their opinion programming or issues you have with certain reports.

I’m talking about saying thousands of individuals who work for a media organization, do not work for a “news organization” — why is that appropriate for the White House to say?



 

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