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McClellan said Gannon has not been issued -- nor requested -- a regular "hard pass" to the White House, and instead has come in for the past two years on daily passes. Daily passes, he said, may be issued to anyone who writes for an organization that publishes regularly and who is cleared to enter the building.
He said other reporters and political commentators from lesser-known newsletters and from across the political spectrum also attend briefings, though he could not recall any Internet bloggers. McClellan said it is not the White House's role to decide who is and who is not a real journalist and dismissed any notion of conspiracy.
Nonetheless, transcripts of White House briefings indicate that McClellan often calls on Gannon and that the press secretary -- and the president -- have found relief in a question from Gannon after critical lines of questioning from mainstream news organizations.
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Eh, what are you going to do? Technically speaking, to my knowledge, there's nothing mandating that the president even hold these press briefings. This president certainly doesn't seem fond of them.
It's at least good that this jackass is getting exposed. Maybe the rest of the press will dig into Bush and/or McClellan for taking on this guy's soft balls. The worst part is that this chump has gotten by this long, citing GOP press releases and 2nd rate blogger rants (as well as Rush Limbaugh).
Hybrid Mode
