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Whining White House Press Corps

Stephen Spruiell at Media Blog on National Review Online alerts us to a column by Corpus Christi Caller-Times Vice President and Editor Libby Averyt, which takes the White House Press Corps to task for being a bunch of whiney bitches (my words, not Averyt’s):

We got the story the way dedicated journalists have tracked down news for years - through strong, consistent building of sources and good, old-fashioned reporting. […]

“You had a relationship with my father,” Armstrong told Powell [reporter Jaime Powell]. “You and I had a relationship and that relationship had grown stronger after my father’s death, and my family was comfortable with calling the hometown newspaper.”

Maybe it’s the pride in my staff talking, but I believe the White House press corps is whining just a bit because this news came first through a local daily newspaper’s Web site and not following a mass press briefing thousands of miles away from the accident.

We got the story first by consistently working hard and professionally and gaining the trust of our sources. And because we did, the rest of the world got the story, too.

That’s exactly why the White House Press corps is in a fit and has subsequently done the one thing they know how to do: stir up the moonbat faithful.

h/t Elgato at Swanky Conservative

Posted by Robbie Cooper on Wednesday, February 15th, 2006 | Trackback |

6 Responses to “Whining White House Press Corps”

There is probably an element of truth to the charge of professional jeolousy. But the national press is correct in their assertion that the American people have a right to know when their Vice President nearly kills someone.

For someone who constantly beats the 30 year old dead horse of Chappaquidick I would have thought you’d agree.

(By the way, your site seems pretty buggy with errors on the right column)

Left by Preston on February 15th, 2006 at 11:41 am

I don’t buy your comparsion. As Hugh Hewitt said:

“The idea that failure to tell the White House press corps of a hunting accident for 14 hours is in anyway similar to leaving a woman to die in a submerged car while fleeing the scene or the cover-up of Watergate is just nuts.”

Left by Robbie on February 15th, 2006 at 12:30 pm

I’m not sure what you expect Kennedy to have done- once the car was in the water she probably didn’t have much of a chance.

In my eyes, the real crime is that he avoided the police- just as Cheney did. So we’ll never know if either of them was drinking and therefore guilty of manslaughter.

As someone who has taken such a strong stand against irresponsible drinking I’d think the connection would be clear. Even if the drinking was not involved it is another example of the Vice President holding himself above normal scrutiny of the law (another topic I had believed you were passionate about.)

Left by Preston on February 15th, 2006 at 12:41 pm

In my eyes, the real crime is that he avoided the police- just as Cheney did. So we’ll never know if either of them was drinking and therefore guilty of manslaughter.

I might have my referrents mixed up here — when you say “either of them” are you referring to Cheney and Kennedy, or Kennedy and Kopechne?

Because we do know that Cheney had not been drinking. The Kenedy County Sheriff’s Office issued a press release noting that an “investigation reveals that there was no alcohol, or misconduct involved in the incident.”

Whittington “collaborated Vice President Cheney’s statement,” according to the release, which concluded, “This was no more than a hunting accident.”? Mary Jo could not be reached for comment.

Left by Robbie on February 15th, 2006 at 4:54 pm

Vice President Cheney disagrees with the Sherriff admitting that he had alcohol that day.

How does the Sherriff know if they didn’t interview Cheney till Sunday?

Yes it’s a hunting accident, I’m not claiming anything more.

Left by Preston on February 15th, 2006 at 5:39 pm

I mean to say: “Vice President Cheney disagrees with the Sherriff and admits he had alcohol that day”

Left by Preston on February 15th, 2006 at 6:00 pm

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