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Fox News to move to front-row briefing room seat
The Hill ^

Posted on 08/01/2010 2:38:03 PM PDT by Sub-Driver

Edited on 08/01/2010 8:36:03 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

Mod note: The headline originally read: Fox News to move to Thomas' front-row briefing room seat

The White House Correspondents Association voted unanimously Sunday afternoon to move Fox News to the front row of the White House briefing room.

The seating change was prompted by the resignation of veteran UPI reporter Helen Thomas.

According to Ed Henry, the senior White House correspondent for CNN and member of the WHCA board, the Associated Press will move to the front-row middle seat formerly occupied by Thomas.

Fox News will replace the AP in its former seat, also in the front row, and NPR, which lobbied for Thomas' seat along with Fox and Bloomberg News, will take Fox's former seat in the second row.

The 2010-2011 WHCA board includes representatives from USA Today, Reuters, C-SPAN, the New York Times, Politico, Time Magazine, NPR and the DC Examiner.

Thomas, a longtime critic of Israeli foreign policy, had resigned in late May after a video clip in which she said that Israelis should "get the hell out of Palestine" and "go home" -- to Europe, the United States and other places -- surfaced on the internet.

Liberal groups had lobbied for NPR's placement in the front row over Fox, which one petition called a "right-wing propaganda outlet."


TOPICS: Breaking News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bhopress; foxnews; frontrow; whca; whitehousepress
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To: Tennessee Nana

LOL I wonder how many will get that?


41 posted on 08/01/2010 3:33:17 PM PDT by Popman
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To: keats5

Bwaaaaa! Laz loves it!


42 posted on 08/01/2010 3:34:28 PM PDT by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ( Ya can't pick up a turd by the clean end!)
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To: Sub-Driver

It’s a TRAP!


43 posted on 08/01/2010 3:41:07 PM PDT by patriot preacher (To be a good American Citizen and a Christian IS NOT a contradiction. (www.mygration.blogspot.com))
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To: Sub-Driver

From an anti-Semite to a Nazi.. That’s how the lame stream media will spin it. Actually though, it’s a “uh oh November is almost here, let’s show America we’re fair” move.


44 posted on 08/01/2010 3:44:25 PM PDT by historyrepeatz
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To: Sub-Driver

Pass the popcorn DU is getting good.


45 posted on 08/01/2010 3:44:55 PM PDT by rdl6989 (January 20, 2013- The end of an error.)
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To: Sub-Driver

This is just gonna kill the DUmmies.


46 posted on 08/01/2010 3:46:42 PM PDT by DesScorp
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To: HollyB
I’m glad Fox will be there, but we’ll see how Gibbs treats them. Not long ago Journo-List wanted The FCC to pull the plug on FOX.

You raise a good point mentioning Journolist. How could a group of (cough) journalists deny FOX the seat up front when that story is still a hot topic? Even some liberals would have trouble keeping a straight face saying "There's no leftwing media bias" days after FOX gets denied a seat the rules say they should receive!
47 posted on 08/01/2010 3:47:01 PM PDT by LostInBayport (When there are more people riding in the cart than there are pulling it, the cart stops moving.)
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To: Cobra64

Here it is

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4487983


48 posted on 08/01/2010 3:47:21 PM PDT by SevenofNine ("We are Freepers, all your media belong to us ,resistance is futile")
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To: Sub-Driver
The White House Correspondents Association voted unanimously Sunday afternoon to move Fox News to the front row of the White House briefing room.

I bet that gives Helen Thomas the worst case of indigestion... as well as Mr Gibbs.

49 posted on 08/01/2010 3:47:35 PM PDT by theDentist (fybo; qwerty ergo typo : i type, therefore i misspelll)
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To: Sub-Driver

They should hire Rush, or better yet put Palin on that assignment.

Then watch the Kenyan or is lackey Gomer Gibbs squirm.


50 posted on 08/01/2010 3:51:03 PM PDT by R0CK3T
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To: theDentist

i am loving this...though I have some reluctance to relying on Fox as always above board...too much ME ownership is enough to question where they sometimes are coming from.


51 posted on 08/01/2010 3:51:19 PM PDT by caww
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To: SandRat

Relax, I steam cleaned that seat last week. Was filthy. Had fly larvae and bubble gum under the seat.


52 posted on 08/01/2010 3:55:36 PM PDT by halfright (My presidents picture is in the dictionary, next to the word, "rectum".)
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To: AdmSmith; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; bigheadfred; blueyon; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; ...
The White House Correspondents Association voted unanimously Sunday afternoon to move Fox News to the front row of the White House briefing room...the Associated Press will move to the front-row middle seat formerly occupied by [Helen] Thomas. Fox News will replace the AP in its former seat, also in the front row, and NPR, which lobbied for Thomas' seat along with Fox and Bloomberg News, will take Fox's former seat in the second row. The 2010-2011 WHCA board includes representatives from USA Today, Reuters, C-SPAN, the New York Times, Politico, Time Magazine, NPR and the DC Examiner.

53 posted on 08/01/2010 3:57:36 PM PDT by SunkenCiv ("Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others." -- Otto von Bismarck)
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To: SunkenCiv

http://www.whca.net/officers.htm


54 posted on 08/01/2010 4:08:22 PM PDT by HollyB
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To: Sub-Driver

Just dang, I was looking forward for Les Kinsolving to take the seat.

Then you would’ve seen heads really explode at DUmmieland.

;^)


55 posted on 08/01/2010 4:14:16 PM PDT by Red Steel
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To: Sub-Driver

The board of the White House Correspondents Association has agreed, by consensus, to move the Associated Press to the front row, center seat in the James S. Brady Briefing Room.

The board further agreed to move Fox News to the front row seat previously occupied by AP, and relocate NPR into the second row seat previously held by Fox, next to Bloomberg News.

It was a very difficult decision. The board received requests from Bloomberg and NPR in addition to Fox for relocation to the front row and felt all three made compelling cases. But the board ultimately was persuaded by Fox’s length of service and commitment to the White House television pool.

The board also made a series of adjustments to the larger seating chart, including the addition of a new seat for the foreign press pool.

These deliberations mark the third time in four years the board has tackled this issue, and we urge members to view seating room changes as an ongoing process that will be revisited again as our industry evolves.

The changes are effective Monday, August 2. In addition, the board member from NPR abstained from debate of seating assignments for the first two rows.


56 posted on 08/01/2010 4:14:32 PM PDT by HollyB
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To: HollyB

Whoops, thanks HollyB!


57 posted on 08/01/2010 4:22:39 PM PDT by SunkenCiv ("Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others." -- Otto von Bismarck)
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To: SunkenCiv

That’s fine, I’m always lookin for info... when I should be doing other things ; )


58 posted on 08/01/2010 4:24:40 PM PDT by HollyB
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To: Sub-Driver
Liberal groups had lobbied for NPR's placement in the front row over Fox, which one petition called a "right-wing propaganda outlet."

*shakes head* and those idiots don't see the irony in that sentence, either..

59 posted on 08/01/2010 4:30:18 PM PDT by cardinal4 (Can someone explain what a "Diversity Job" is?)
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To: Sub-Driver

This is extremely expected. I was betting on npr to take the seat.

I know Baghdad rob isn’t going to be happy having his cheerleaders stuck in the second row.


60 posted on 08/01/2010 4:32:21 PM PDT by Dr.Zoidberg (Warning: Sarcasm/humor is always engaged. Failure to recognize this may lead to misunderstandings.)
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