A Black and a White Reporter Make Calls on Racial Descriptions in Pool Report

Black and white issues surfaced in the White House Pool Report Thursday.

Coverage was of a rally at Bowie State University. White House Pool reporter WSJ’s Jonathan Weisman, who is white, was responsible for the write-up along with his co-Pooler, NYT Helene Cooper, an African American White House correspondent. The duo debated the issues before running it. On a note of randomness: Fox News got thrown into the mix of insults (by no fault of the reporters) and two audience members fainted.

An excerpt of the relevant parts:

…The large crowd (3,000 to 4,500, according to campus police), mainly but not at all completely young and African American, was warmed up by Sens.