February 28, 2006

Waste of Time

White House correspondents like David Gregory think they're being made foolish by right wing spinners and an administration that considers the media as another special interest:

David Gregory, the NBC correspondent who has been among the most ardent questioners in the briefing room, apologized for yelling at Mr. McClellan over the Cheney incident but said the situation had become particularly frustrating.

"There is a desire by some, particularly on the right, to morph these situations into a different kind of debate — it's the vice president against an angry, left-wing, cynical, hate-filled press corps that wants to expose him as a liar," he said. "This is a false debate, stoked by a president and vice president who have made no bones about the fact that they don't have much respect for the press corps as an institution."

One-time Clinton press secretary Mike McCurry wishes he never made the daily White House briefing a televised event, but current press secretary Scott McClellan has no desire to end the charade event. And why would he since it does such a good job embarassing the MSM?

"Another White House Briefing, Another Day of Mutual Mistrust" [via Betsy's Page]

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