BREAKING: Cheney Not A Fan Of Reporters

Did Vice President Dick Cheney intentionally give Tom DeFrank the cold shoulder at yesterday’s award ceremony for the Gerald R. Ford Prize for Distinguished Reporting on the Presidency? Roll Call’s Mary Ann Akers reports today that, although the award presenter (Cheney) historically gives the award to the recipient (DeFrank) personally, no such thing occurred yesterday (President Ford’s son Jack presented DeFrank with the award). “Maybe Cheney couldn’t bear the thought of handing the award to a journalist whose coverage touched on his waning influence at the White House after the indictment of his former chief of staff, Scooter Libby.