Is Obama coordinating with the Huffington Post to stage questions?
This from Politico’s Michael Calderone:
Obama calls on HuffPost for Iran question
In a clearly coordinated exchange, President Obama called on the Huffington Post’s Nico Pitney near the start of his press conference and requested a question directly from Iran.
“Nico, I know you and all across the Internet, we’ve been seeing a lot of reports coming out of Iran,†Obama said, addressing Pitney. “I know there may actually be questions from people in Iran who are communicating through the Internet. Do you have a question?â€
Pitney, as if ignoring what Obama had just said, said: “I wanted to use this opportunity to ask you a question directly from an Iranian.â€
