Wars between the White House press secretary and the media
I’m coming late to the party by just now reading Howard Kurtz’s Spin Cycle, a book that went behind the scenes of the Clinton administration and analyzed how they tried to influence the media. I don’t know if this was the book’s desired effect, but it has given me sympathy for the White House press office and their daily struggles to get real policy stories in media outlets that only want to focus on political scandal.
So I was especially interested in this item I found today about White House press secretary Tony Snow taking a swipe at a journalist during the press briefing. It seems that Snow had a bone to pick with a story the journalist had filed, but didn’t specify what story he was referring to. It shows how even seasoned veterans like Snow can let the press get under their skin.
***
Related posts:
1. Glenn Greenwald interviews Helen Thomas
2. Thank You for Smoking: If only lobbyists had it so good
3. Cool piece of journalism: Infiltrating the neocons
