by Mike Memoli
There's big news in Washington today about the news.
Okay, it's mainly just big news for those of us in the news business. But given the fight that developed about which news organization would inherit Helen Thomas's former seat in the White House briefing room, what usually is an internal battle played out a bit more publicly this year.
Today, the White House Correspondents Association unveiled new seating assignments for news organizations who cover the White House on a regular basis. The headline is that Fox News will now take a front row perch -- but not the Thomas seat it publicly angled for.
The Associated Press will take the center position in front of the podium, with Fox obtaining the AP's former seat. You can see the new layout map after the jump.
Other moves:
* NPR moves from the third row to take Fox's former seat. Bloomberg, which also vied for the front row perch, remains in the second row.
* America Urban Radio Networks' April Ryan moves from the fourth row to the middle of the third row. To their right is Politico, which also moves up from fourth to third.
* Moving back from third to fourth is the Washington Times, an outlet with an editorial page very unfriendly to this White House.
* Also moving further from the podium: Hearst/Houston Chronicle, Roll Call (which now will share a seat with the Boston Globe), and Scripps Howard. Moving closer: Congress Daily (which had shared with U.S. News), The Hill, BNA, and the Washington Examiner.
* New outlets with coveted seats include the Financial Times, and a rotating seat for the foreign press pool reporter.
* Tribune, for the record, moves over two seats to the right from its previous spot in the third row.
Comments
Faux News should have their seat moved out in the hallway. They're nothing more than a right wing lie factory and propaganda outlet (see Breitbart, Andrew).
Posted by: Rob | August 2, 2010 1:04 PM
SUPPORT OUR TROOPS, BRING THEM HOME, ALIVE AND WHOLE. NOW,
Now, has finally arrived. The drawdown in Iraq will begin, by the end of the month. Thanks, President Obama, for not only keeping your word, but also for saving those lives that would have been lost or damaged, if they had to stay there. There are still several chapters that have to be corrected, before we can close the tragicomic book of the Bush&Cheney administrations. Keep up, the good work, President Obama and Vice-President Biden. Now, if we could just get the obstructionist Republican-Libertarian-T.Baggers to join in, in repairing America, after those disastrous years of the Bush&Cheney!!
SUPPORT OUR TROOPS, BRING THEM HOME, ALIVE AND WHOLE. NOW.
Posted by: Don Fitzgerald, IL | August 2, 2010 1:06 PM
Fox News in the Front Row - I wonder if this one of things Ed Schultz (the Ed Show) busted his ass for?
Posted by: Terry | August 2, 2010 1:46 PM
So Major Garret is right next to Check Todd. That's like back in school sitting next to someone you don't like for sure. Fox should be in the front since they are the only ones that are FAIR & BALANCED. Helen Thomas was a waste of space.
Posted by: conservativemaster | August 2, 2010 2:12 PM
Posted by: conservativemaster | August 2, 2010 2:12 PM
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conservativeclown,
Is this what you wingnutters call: "fair & balanced"?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjYpkvcmog0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxhpQ6rYigw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0japj2XWNwc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouKJixL--ms
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjvNSpsPu1k
Posted by: Rob | August 2, 2010 3:35 PM
PFUTZ,
BO is late on his campaign promise of 16 months. I guess BO liked this Bush plan since this is what President Bush negotiated before he keft office.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/27/obama.troops/index.html
Also, BO stated back in February, 2009 that between 35,000 and 50,000 troops would remain. Now, that number is between 50,000 and 65,000.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10839342
How's that closing of GITMO going?
Posted by: Terry | August 2, 2010 4:16 PM
Whackjobrob,
I was not talking about the opnion portion of the programming. FAIR & BALANCED and they should add MOST WATCHED, even by Rob apparantly.
FNC FAIR & BALANCED!
FNC FAIR & BALANCED!
FNC FAIR & BALANCED!
Posted by: conservativemaster | August 2, 2010 4:28 PM
Posted by: Terry | August 2, 2010 4:16 PM
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Poser,
Compared to your hero Shrub Jr. Pres Obama is doing great.
I don't recall Shrub Jr promising to start uncalled for wars (Iraq), outting CIA agents, and allowing Wall Street to operate like a casino thus melting down the economy, do you?
And Gitmo would already be closed if fringe right wingers like you would quit peeing your pants over it.
Posted by: Rob | August 2, 2010 4:31 PM
Trickled On Rob,
Bush avergae unemployment rate - 5.31%, BO - somewhere north of 9%.
Bush - 5th longest economic expansion in American history. BO will have the largest deficits in American history - in only his first term.
Just who was the CIA agent out by President Bush? If you are denouncing the outing of CIA agents, surely you will demounce the ACLU's John Adams project.
As for GITMO, its BO Regime that is FULLY in charge, the GOP is basically politically powerless. You flatliners are fully in charge and have dug this country into this mess.
Posted by: Terry | August 2, 2010 5:21 PM
Poser Terri,
You've got nothing, otherwise you wouldn't be relying on fringe right wing sources for all of your info. Fat, drunk and Republican is no way to go through life, sparky.
http://www.serendipity.li/impeachment.htm
Case closed, you lose again, Poser
Posted by: Rob | August 2, 2010 6:27 PM
Trickled On Rob,
Which "Fringe right Wing" Source did I rely on above CNN or the BBC?
Quit showing off that public education
Posted by: Terry | August 2, 2010 7:47 PM
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If you are denouncing the outing of CIA agents, surely you will demounce the ACLU's John Adams project.
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Posted by: Terry | August 2, 2010 5:21 PM
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Tinkled On Terry, the outing of CIA agents by the Shrub administration is NOTHING even closely resembling the John Adams Project, which is providing defense teams to assist in the representation of detainees facing prosecution at Guantánamo - which the FACTS now known to the American people is that out of the over 770 detainees, over 550 were released because a case couldn't be made against them or that the military finally admitted that many of the detainees were INNOCENT of the charges against them.
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Read some facts here: http://www.aclu.org/national-security/john-adams-project-american-values
Posted by: BC | August 3, 2010 12:54 PM
Love this silly links from Rob/HHH/former republican/John E/Dumb Dumb Janet alleging bias on Fox News.
I particularly love the one about Fox being biased against Iran!!! Yes, the Loons on the Left think Iran is a swell place, and if it weren't for the Big, Bad U.S. and the Big, Bad FNX, Iran would be even a better place!
Good night, Loon!
Posted by: John D | August 3, 2010 3:21 PM
Providing defense for detainees by showing them pictures of covert CIA agents. That's the ACLU. You can defend that. Valerie Plame was not a covert agent at the time of her outing.
Posted by: Terry | August 3, 2010 7:04 PM