White House Press Corps = Lame
Sometimes I just hate the WH press corps. Unbelievably lame. It is continuing, with only rare exceptions, to roll over on this outrageous "no follow-up questions" thing. As in:
REPORTER: (Asks the rare, decent question).We need something like the "Prime Minister's Questions" they have across the pond. Not that those British dudes and dudettes don't play to the cameras, but if we ever hope to separate politics and government from increasingly corporate-PR-like "news management" and "communications strategies" we need to try something. Anything.
BUSH: (Responds with empty platitudes and tangentially-related information).
REPORTER: (Tries to follow up)
BUSH (chuckling): "Sorry, you know the rules, [INSERT NAME OF 'CUTE' NICKNAME]"
PRESS CORPS: (Chuckles along with Bush)
CUT TO: End of American democracy
posted by Bill at 8:52 AM
3 Comments:
Yes, you're right, Bill. But I'm only commenting because it's lame that your blogs don't appear to be generating comments. And that's unfair, frankly, because you write such funny -- and politically prescient -- stuff. (I like you're material way better than Ariann Huffington's and almost as much as Molly Ivins.)
Anyhoo, keep up the good work. And, you people out there, if you're reading, how about some feedback? Show Bill some love.
Your loyal reader,
Rob Perks
P.S. Please do something on the White House PR/propaganda machine. Talk about lame!
Bill, You are mad, maybe, but still reasonable.
Perfection draws few comments.
Bill, you're a gentleman of the press. Go down there and ask some probing questions.
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