Posted on 04/18/2010 8:58:46 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
Gibbs: W.H. press posing for cameras By: Dianna Heitz April 18, 2010 11:09 AM EDT
Press secretary Robert Gibbs chided the White House press corps Sunday, saying that some of its members are more interested in camera time than reporting.
“I wonder at times what it would be like” at his daily briefings “if we turned the cameras off, and we could just have a discussion,” Gibbs said on CNN’s “Reliable Sources,” likening the events to a “cable TV show.”
“I sometimes joke that I know when somebody thinks they have a good question, because when I walk in they've already got their makeup on.”
Responding to repeated questions from host Howard Kurtz about why Obama has held no press conferences since July 2009, Gibbs seemed to dismiss their relevance, calling it “an arbitrary Washington measure” of the president’s accessibility. “This president has taken questions through countless interviews through – answering questions directly from the media,” Gibbs said.
While more broadly expressing frustration with press coverage, Gibbs singled out Fox, saying that while the administration understands the need to “play the game” by giving the network access, it has a definitive “slant” in its coverage, including its news programs, and that it caters to a viewership that’s already made up its mind.
“I don't think many people have to watch Fox to understand the—the political slant that they have,” Gibbs said. “They're feeding an audience that they know want to see and hear a certain side of that argument.”
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Please let Gibbs stay right where he is all the way through the 2012 elections.
Amen
This loser couldn’t sell road apples to flies.
This administration's antagonism toward ANYONE who questions them is boundless...and in very poor taste.
“Please let Gibbs stay right where he is “
Yes. Gibbs is a condescending snob like his messiah.
It’s going to be delicious to see them humbled.
I can’t believe how thin skinned this administration is. Everyone has to love “the one”
wow....WHAT TRANSPARENCY!!!
they already “own” the MSM...even that is a threat to them!
Right on the money. I mean, just think how things would be if Obama had a really sharp PR flak out there instead of this simpleton.
All too many people in life and here on FR waste their energy getting all worked up when the other side has some real dumbass out making stupid statements in the media. Heck, we should be celebrating the fact that they are so bad that they will convince no one to change their mind and probably end up doing more harm than good.
I would only add to your plea that Cindy Sheehan become the new DNC Chairperson.
Does Gibbs think the general population is naive enough to accept his implied notion that the majority of the MSM represents impartial unbiased reporting, and FOX alone sticks out as a biased entity? They need to ask him what, if any, bias exists that leans to the left since he seems interested in addressing specific news outlets by name and force him into doing a go-nowhere question avoidance tap dance or tell an outright fib.
Is he really obtuse enough, or believes the American people are obtuse enough to not recognize that the reason Fox sticks out to him because it’s a contrast of extremes, not a contrast between and outlier and a neutral position.
Gibbs and the WH do not like being questioned on anything.
I watch Fox News to hear the other side of the story as the one reported by ABCNBCCBSCNN.
Keep that 'honey wagon' rolling Gibbs...
From Gibbs' perspective; he does not HAVE to work with Fox News. . .he allows them to be there. Leftist arrogance is not containable; it has no boundaries.
I try to imagine Gibbs' like others in MSM. ..going home to their families. ..children; et al. It does not make sense, really.
(Great for Obama; he is already at 'home' and it is 'ours' and he continues to insult his Landlord(s) daily.) We MUST cancel this lease. . .
Doesn’t FOX have that Libtard. Jerry Rivers?
Why yes, Mr. Gibbs, we do want to see and hear a certain side of the argument. And that side is the TRUE side - something that your state-run media outlets like CNN, NBC, CBS, ABC, and the AP do not presently provide.
Gibbs and the WH have already lost one fight with Fox. Why are they trying to pick another fight?
Because as everybody knows, the networks spend a lot of time running the daily briefings.
Uh, no, they don’t.
And of course the transcripts traditionally don’t identify the questioners, unless Bobby or whoever names them.
What is he babbling about?
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