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Journalists Route Around White House Press Office

Posted by samzenpus on from the indirect-route dept.

Tailhook writes Pool reports written by White House correspondents are distributed to news organizations via the White House Press Office. Reporters have alleged that the Obama White House exploits its role as distributor to "demand changes in pool reports" and has used this power to "steer coverage in a more favorable direction." Now a group of 90 print journalists has begun privately distributing their work through Google Groups, independent of the Press Office. Their intent is to "create an independent pool-reporting system for print and online recipients."

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  1. Re:Maybe you would and maybe you would not. by idontgno · · Score: 1, Troll

    Lack of access to the First Lady's workout schedule is not what the people complaining about lack of transparency are upset about.

    Explicit counter-example was right in parent post. David Nakamura clearly was upset about the lack of transparency in the First Lady's workout schedule.

    I believe the next step is that you claim the cited example doesn't count, for reasons approximating "No True Scotsman".

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  2. Re:Maybe you would and maybe you would not. by leonbev · · Score: 0, Troll

    You really think so? I bet that Fox News would have a field day if they found out that Mrs. Obama only worked out twice a week considering how hard the administration has been pushing to get mandatory Phys Ed activity requirements in schools.

    Likewise, I'm sure that other organizations would love to know how often they eat stuff like Fried Chicken in their private dining quarters as well.