White House Press Corps

WATCH: Jake Tapper Presses WH Spokesman On Obama 'Kill List'

The Huffington Post | Jack Mirkinson | Posted 05.30.2012

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ABC's Jake Tapper pressed White House spokesman Jay Carney on Tuesday about President Obama's expansive definition of who counts as a "militant" in th...

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White House Press Corps Proves To Be Refreshingly Resistant To Rosen Fever

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.12.2012

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Kudos, I believe, are in order for your White House Press Corps. Given the opportunity to form a pack and feast on the easy empty calories of the Hila...

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New Study Sheds Light On Obama's Complicated Relationship With The Press

The Huffington Post | Jack Mirkinson | Posted 04.02.2012

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A newly released study sheds further light on President Obama's complicated relationship with the press. The study, which was provided to The Hill ...

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Reporters Toast the Annual White House Christmas Poem

John Lundberg | Posted 02.17.2012

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For the past 14 years, Greg Clugston has written and performed a Christmas poem for the White House Press Corps based on the classic, "A Visit from St. Nicholas."

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Jay Carney Schools White House Reporters

politico.com | KEACH HAGEY | 9/23/11 4:50 AM EDT | Posted 11.23.2011

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Jay Carney never lets the reporters he briefs each day forget that not so long ago, he was one of them. Whether he's sidestepping a request to pred...

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WATCH: WH Press Secretary Smacks Down Fox News Reporter

Posted 09.26.2011

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Ed Henry might be finding his new job as White House correspondent for Fox News a little difficult, since he's been called out by Press Secretary Jay ...

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Who'll Replace Ed Henry At CNN?

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Calderone | Posted 08.20.2011

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NEW YORK -- The game of White House briefing room musical chairs continued Monday with another high-profile TV journalist grabbing a new seat in the p...

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The White House Press Corps Has An Awkward Discussion About Hip-Hop

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.11.2011

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Yesterday, we brought you word that a minor bit of nontroversy was brewing because the Chicago rapper Common -- whose music you've probably heard on t...

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SNL's Seth Meyers Gets Shot At Obama At White House Correspondents' Dinner

AP | Posted 06.30.2011

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WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama is joining the cadre of reporters who cover him, along with many others, at the annual White House Correspondents...

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White House Press Secretary: ‘No Reporters Have Been Banned’

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Calderone | Posted 06.29.2011

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WASHINGTON – White House press secretary Jay Carney pushed back Friday against a San Francisco Chronicle report that claimed the White House "threa...

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CNN's Ed Henry Asks Jay Carney Birther Questions 1 Day After CNN Broadcasts 'Definitive Investigation' Of The Matter

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 06.26.2011

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On Monday, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney had to address the mind-numbing birther issue, because Franklin Graham had spit some birther nonsens...

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White House Avoids Oval Office Address On Libya For Fear That Someone Might Think There's Some Sort Of 'War' Underway

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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Maybe at some point Obama will make some sort of address to the nation, and maybe he won't. Chances are, if he does, our involvement in Libya will probably be couched in the same euphemistic terms we've already heard.

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Jay Carney's Hidden Wild Side

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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The New York Times has a quasi-profile of new White House Press Secretary Jay Carney out, and the big takeaway is basically... I don't know, exactly! Jay Carney is kind of dull, maybe? Or he wasn't all that forthcoming with reporter Jeremy Peters?

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In With the New -- Jay Carney

Connie Lawn | Posted 05.25.2011

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The forces of democracy have been unleashed in the White House. White House reporters have a new press secretary, and Jay Carney is starting out well.

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White House Reporters Must Know Whether America's Existence Remains Threatened By Obama's Smoking Habit

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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Perhaps you didn't know this, because your finely-tuned ability to discern between news of actual importance and a steaming pile of sweaty obsession i...

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New York Times Provides The Ultimate Inside-The-Bubble Guide To Economic Crisis

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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In a magazine piece previewed in the Times, Peter Baker drops thousands and thousands of words concerning the White House's effort to do something about the terrible economy. The piece sprawls on and on, but it never even attempts to move beyond insider sources who evince no knowledge whatsoever as to how actual Americans are living in the economy. The singular takeaway is that inside the bubble, everyone is doing pretty well in this economy. We'd send you a postcard, but who knows if you'll be in your home a week from now?

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White House Press Briefing: Now With 50 Percent More Cold War Tensions!

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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Your important moment of the day in U.S.-Russian relations occurred during Thursday's White House press briefing, when ITAR-TASS correspondent Andrei Sitov questioned Robert Gibbs about whether the shootings in Tucson.

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Thoughts on White House Events

Connie Lawn | Posted 05.25.2011

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I have been fortunate enough to cover the White House since the Lyndon Johnson Administration, in 1968. I guess that makes me senior correspondent.

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New Data: Top Reporters Stress GOP, Not Tea Party, After Midterms

Ari Melber | Posted 05.25.2011

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Elections have a way of setting agendas, and the political world is already adopting the language of the midterms. To get a snapshot, I counted up the most frequent words reporters used in their questions during three post-election sessions.

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White House Press Secretary EXPLODES At Indian Security Over Press Restrictions

Posted 05.25.2011

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White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs grew so angry with Indian security officials on Sunday that he got into a heated shouting match with them -- ...

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The President Is Dispiriting: He Still Doesn't Get It

Bob Jacobson | Posted 05.25.2011

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We can't rely on the President to do what's right. He just does. We have to be right. The nation depends on our autonomy and determination. Anything else could literally mean the end of our democracy.

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Twitter Bug Really Really Worries The White House Press Corps

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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Yesterday was a big day in Washington, and for your White House Press Corps: big votes on "Don't Ask Don't Tell" and the DREAM Act -- in short, lots to talk about. But first! Twitter! Will it cause the next 9/11? The White House Press Corps is concerned!

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Helen Thomas: 'Too Bad' Fox News In Front Row

Mediaite | Posted 05.25.2011

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I explained that [the AP] would be moving to the center seat, a scenario that I floated in June in response to Chris Wallace's gloating on the matter....

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Progressive Groups: Fox News Shouldn't Get Helen Thomas' Old Seat

Posted 05.25.2011

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Two progressive groups are circulating petitions asking the White House Correspondent's Association to deny Fox News the coveted front-row seat in the...

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Why Bloomberg News Deserves Helen Thomas's Seat in the White House Press Briefing Room

David Helfenbein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Don't base the decision solely on seniority; base it on who you think can shake things up the most in the Briefing Room. Give it to Bloomberg News.

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