White House Pooler is Blameless

The White House Press Office deserves a dunce cap for the most absurd notice we’ve seen in two years. On Saturday they sent a note to Poolers at 8:16:29 a.m. that read as follows: Updated pool call time 8:15 a.m. Considering that the email was sent a minute after the call time,  Financial Time‘s political correspondent Anna Fifield understandably missed the call time.

Here’s how Fifield handled it:

Pool Report #1: The president and first lady are at Sasha‘s basketball game at the Jackie Lawton community center in Bethesda.

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