It was Wednesday morning at 9:47 a.m. in the White House Press Briefing Room. The president of the United States of America, Barack Obama, took the podium. Major television networks had interrupted coverage to broadcast the president’s address. “Now, let me just comment, first of all, on the fact that I can’t get the networks Read More
At the end of April members of the White House press corps began to speak out against a perceived lack of access to the president. Now White House correspondents are facing a whole new type of access issue: Their travel budgets have fallen off, making it harder for them to keep up with the Read More
The White House press corps was in need of a little attention this week. Obama has not been spending much time with them, and maybe there’s a point to be made that his administation is not as transparent as it claims to be. But yesterday, in a gesture of goodwill, the president made his Read More
