WH Theater: HuffPo Q "Staged" at Presser

The White House press office has been known to give journalists a heads-up when the president intends to call on them during a news conference…but today’s theatrics were a tad more “theatrical.”

During the presidential presser this afternoon, HuffPo’s Nico Pitney scored big – a “rock star” location and the second question of the news conference. But it wasn’t a kiss from Lady Luck that landed Pitney the preferential treatment, according to Philip Elliott of the AP.

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