White House Press Secretary Pronounces Himself 'Disappointed' with the LA Times

White House Press Secretary Jay Carney pulled out a familiar flak trope in a press conference today, declaring the White House “disappointed” with the LA Times‘ decision to publish controversial photos of American soldiers posing with dead bodies in Afghanistan.

Perhaps the only recent trope we find more annoying is when the White House lectures about not “rewarding bad behavior” of hostile nation states. Not sure what social psychologist advises the White House to talk to the world like it’s a child, but we really wish they’d stop.

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