Dereliction of media duty

Posted at 5:25 PM on July 16, 2010 by Bob Collins (3 Comments)
Filed under: Media

The White House Press Corps -- appropriately -- has complained that President Barack Obama hasn't faced the media and taken questions very often. With his first comments since BP plugged -- sort of -- the leak in the Gulf of Mexico, and with all the pent-up curiosity that the reporters must have, we sat up straight this morning when the president said "I'll take a couple of questions" after his Rose Garden statement.

Take a deep breath and scroll to 2:10.



The reporter who asked the ridiculous question was somebody named Paula Cruickshank who works for something named CCH News. She didn't get a chance to follow up on his answer.

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Comments (3)

Did the video get pulled? If its the CCH I'm thinking of, I'm guessing they may have.

Posted by Bonnie | July 16, 2010 6:28 PM

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never mind...on a different computer now, saw the video...

Posted by Bonnie | July 16, 2010 7:04 PM

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This is only one example of the WH press corps asking ridiculous questions when there are serious issues at stake. The writer could list a weekly compilation of “Dereliction of media duty” posts, it is a target rich environment.

The WH press corps is a captive, isolated lot focusing on trivial issues. The scorn they receive is self inflicted.

Posted by Mike | July 17, 2010 8:03 AM

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