The below article is a year old but worth a read. The money didnt buy much, however. The White House Correspondents’ Association lodged a formal protest with White House officials last week after reporters were barred from seeing any part of Obama’s activities, including a round of golf with Tiger Woods. Obama spoke with reporters on the trip home, but only on an off-the-record basis, meaning none of what he said could be reported. With media outlets under increasing financial pressure, some question whether routine presidential trips provide much bang for the buck — or rather, millions of bucks, which is what it costs some news outlets to keep up with Obama throughout the year. A three-day trip in October by the president to California (for fundraising) and to Ohio (for a campaign speech) cost media organizations $33,022.86 for each person they sent, according to The Washington Post’s billing records. A presidential visit to Thailand, Burma and Cambodia in November may have been the most expensive yet. With multiple legs, lodging and food, news organizations wound up paying nearly $35,000 per head, according to The Post’s records. Some reporters saved about half the cost of the trip by taking commercial flights to Thailand, boarding the official press plane only while traveling within Asia. washingtonpost/lifestyle/style/traveling-reporters-complain-about-a-lack-of-access-to-obama-on-the-road/2013/02/24/9e58d626-7c56-11e2-82e8-61a46c2cde3d_story.html
Posted on: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 00:45:28 +0000
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