Posted by
Always To The Right on Tuesday, October 20, 2009 4:34:23 PM
Sheer comedy gold
from one of the most honest White House correspondents in the
business. Jake Tapper used his time in the Briefing Room to challenge
Robert Gibbs on the Obama administration’s attempts to brand Fox News
as something other than a news organization. Gibbs sputters but never
answers Tapper’s essential question
Click over to Tapper’s blog to hear the answer. Ultimately, though,
Gibbs thoroughly misses Tapper’s point. The White House is not just
some political 501(c)3 issuing opinion statements on policy. They’re
the executive branch of government, who exist to enforce laws
and are accountable to the people, at least in part (one hopes) through
the media. It’s entirely inappropriate to make pronouncements on the
credibility of those organizations holding them accountable, especially
when they try to wheedle other news organizations into ignoring them.