'Slack-Jawed' WH Correspondents

CBS’s Bill Plante tonight had some suprisingly harsh words for the White House’s handling of today’s response to Vice President Cheney’s hunting accident: “White House reporters were slack-jawed at the notion that it’s appropriate to have a private citizen inform the press of the vice president’s involvement in an accident….

“Reporters asked McClellan to get someone from the vice president’s office who could respond in more detail; no promises were made, and at this writing no such briefing has been held.

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