TV Newser:
Tonight the White House press office limited access to President Obamaโs address on Afghanistan to a single print pooler โ no wires. Some journalists within the White House Press Corps are outraged. โYou canโt keep the press out of something this important,โ a correspondent told FishbowlDC anonymously.
But itโs no secret that the predominant feeling amongst some reporters is that this is yet another example of the ongoing erosion of access for press at the White House. โI think itโs very unfortunate and I think board agrees with me,โ said White House Correspondence Association Board President David Jackson, White House correspondent for USA Today. โA full pool should always be with the president.โ Jackson and other White House correspondents expressed their concerns throughout the day.
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