This story shows that BHO and team see the White House press corp as just another member of their team, like Cabinet positions and such. Which is unsurprising to anyone here on FR, it is just more confirmation of what we already knew.
“One of my clients was directly threatened by the White House and in essence compelled to withdraw its opposition to the deal under threat that the full force of the White House press corps would destroy its reputation if it continued to fight”
This is clearly blackmail. These guys should go to the FBI. Put on a wire.
I guess Hugo gave ObaMugabe a few tips on bringing the capitalists to heal.
Then again perhaps the WH press corp views themselves as a willing helper. This unsurprising as well. They come across as (at least attempt to) as impartial but that mask isnt fitting so well these days.