FishPoolDC: Our Insider's Notes from Today's Briefing

Outta Control: CBS’s Chip Reid and corps legend Helen Thomas led the charge on the issue of how the WH chose to select questioners and attendees at today’s health care town hall. A defensive Press Secretary Robert Gibbs pointed to the submission of questions via Twitter and Facebook and urged reporters to reserve judgment until after they see the broad range of views represented, though Reid maintained that it seemed “tightly controlled.” When RG tried to lighten the mood by asking Helen if she had e-mailed a question, she shot back: “I don’t have to e-mail it.

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