Johns v. Stevens, The Throw-Down
Did Joe Johns screw it up for everybody or was he merely doing his job? Is Ted Stevens a cry-baby or did he get ambushed unfairly?
Paul Kane reports in Roll Call today that the Alaska senator is filing a complaint with the Radio/TV Correspondents gallery over a piece that CNN’s Johns filed for Anderson Cooper last week, just as congressional correspondents launch a campaign for more Hill access.
As Kane explains, “In an incident that could have repercussions for TV journalists’ access to the chamber, Stevens is furious with CNN correspondent Joe Johns for an interview conducted outside the weekly GOP policy luncheons, but far away from the usual bank of TV cameras set up for such interviews next to the storied Ohio Clock.”
“This was not a formal interview request.
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