McClellan Yellin? Or Just Gellin?
As if he didn’t have enough on his plate already this past weekend Howard–Somebody Stop Me Before I Write Again–Kurtz wrote up a piece about the increasingly tense White House press briefings. It’s no surprise that, as any president’s troubles increase, so, too, do the briefings become more tense. But, what’s notable about recent spats between Scott McClellan and reporters is that they seem to be taking on a more personal tone.
The good parts (which sort of read like a three year old yelling, “Mommy, Daddy, Scotty’s being mean!”):
- CBS correspondent John Roberts said that McClellan “has adopted this siege mentality in which the best way to deflect the question is to attack the questioner.”
- “‘There’s been an attempt to put reporters on the spot and question the motivation of reporters,’ said David Gregory, NBC’s White House correspondent.
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