From Crooks & Liars:
Andrea: Let me say something about his message management. He didn’t have reporters with him. He didn’t have a press pool. He didn’t do a press conference while he was on the ground either on Afghanistan or Iraq. What you’re seeing is not reporters brought in, you’re seeing selected pictures taken by the military, questioned by the military and what some would call fake interviews because they’re not interviews with a journalist so there’s a real press issue here. Politically it’s smart as can be, but we’ve not seen a Presidential candidate do this in my recollection ever before.
I don’t think journalism is the prime thing that we recruit them and pay them for. -snip-
Crooks and Liars » Andrea Mitchell says Obama gave fake interviews in the Middle East
Goes both ways, Andrea, goes both ways.
