Reporters stay seated when President George W. Bush enters the White House Brief Room for a conference, but they rise for President Barack Obama.
Hopefully, one of you out there will be able to provide me with a rational and sensible explanation of this which does not include the words "liberal," "lapdog," "mainstream," "tank," "MSM," or a few other terms which, by practicing my honors, I will not write here.
Take your time. I'll wait.
UPDATE: CBS News White House Correspondent Mark Knoller offers an explanation after checking around, saying reporters didn't want to rise and block the cameras in back of them:
When some reporters stood up for President Obama last Friday, they forgot about the needs of their colleagues in the back of the room as well as the less formal atmosphere of the briefing room. Certainly it was a sign of respect for the president, but not one of disrespect for his predecessor.Naturally, the commenters didn't buy this explanation... playing the bias card again and, in the process, ironically displaying the same kind of prejudice towards the media they accuse the media of displaying towards Bush.
No comments:
Post a Comment