Did a reporter just admit the daily White House press briefing is a sham? Thursday, Mar 20, 2014 at 1:02 PM CDT Are the daily White House press briefings all a sham? A new report sheds a bit of light on that concept. Catherine Anaya of the Arizona’s CBS affiliate, KPHO, had a chance to visit the White House for an exclusive interview with President Obama. Anaya also got a behind-the-scenes look at how White House press secretary Jay Carney prepares for his day, and it is the surprising details of that report that is getting some attention. “Play the audio clip of the reporter on how Jake Carney knows all of the questions in advance… So the idea of the pressroom is a show,” Glenn said on radio this morning. “Understand that. Those daily briefings, that’s a show. Everybody has exchanged scripts.” Watch Anaya’s eye-opening report below: (You cant watch it, they pulled this one in a hurry) What is most interesting about this report, as Stu pointed out, is that Anaya specifically says she was granted “off the record” access to the inner workings of the White House communications team. If her time with Carney was in fact off the record, it is widely considered journalistic malpractice to report on what she saw on air. “She kind of indicates at the beginning of her answer here that she was off the record when being told these things,” Stu said. “So I don’t think she’s supposed to be saying these things on television.”
Posted on: Thu, 20 Mar 2014 23:17:28 +0000
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