Naked Emperor News highlights the May 24, 2010, "West Wing Report" with Paul Brandus:
PAUL BRANDUS: Good morning. I'm Paul Brandus and this is West Wing Report on Capitol News Connection.
Press Secretary Robert Gibbs disputes the notion that the White House is behind the curve on the BP catastrophe. He appeared yesterday on the CBS program, Face the Nation.
'I don't think anybody could credibly say--even as frustrated as
they are and as frustrated as we are--that the government has stood around, done nothing, and hoped for the best.'
But, in a sign of defensiveness, Gibbs called White House reporters into the West Wing Friday and criticized them for asking too many BP questions.
Obama and his claims of transparency are laughable.
It's completely out of line for Gibbs to be telling the press which questions they should be asking.
I don't think the Obama administration understands that it is accountable to the American people.
Obama and his team were probably spoiled by the inexcusably lax treatment they received from the press for so long. Now that some reporters are beginning to ask tough questions of Obama rather than serve as mouthpieces for the White House, that's considered worthy of criticism.
There's something very wrong with that picture.
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On a related note: Liberals are defecting. They're strongly criticizing Obama's response to the disaster in the Gulf.
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