Both CNN and Fox News were fighting to get a seat in the front row of the new White House press briefing room, and CNN has won.
The White House Correspondents Association decided to give the front row seat to CNN "based on CNN's 27 years of covering The White House, as well as the resources it brings to the in-town and travel pool, and its daily prescence at the briefings."
CNN wasn't the only winner. Veteran journalist Helen Thomas, who was knocked back to the second row to make way for the cable news outlets recently, will get back her front row seat. The association has decided to honor a commitment they made to Thomas years ago. She has been covering The White House since the early 60s.
The new White House briefing room will be ready in June. (And if anyone isn't sure what that headline means, I'm referring to an old commercial with Bob Uecker.)
[via TV Newser]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
3-18-2007 @ 2:57AM
beerman68 said...
Veteran left wing loon Helen Thomas
"based on CNN's 27 years of covering The White House" yeah right, they just wanted to prop up cnn. because their ratings are dropping.
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3-18-2007 @ 12:42AM
GhaleonQ said...
Why not, you know, actual journalists for, um, newspapers?
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3-18-2007 @ 11:08AM
David said...
Why would the White House care about CNN's ratings? If anything it would have made more sense to give it to Fox because Fox eats whatever the hell the White house gives them.
A better question is, what the hell does this have to do with TV? No one watches these things anyways.
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3-18-2007 @ 11:09AM
Doug Stewart said...
Can you imagine this conversation?
"Hey Martha! CNN is in the front row in the White House Press Room! Let's watch them instead of Fox News!"
I thought not.
I'm certain this Administration would never do anything to prop up CNN's ratings.
And broadcasters are just as much journalists as print or online. Every medium has it strong and weak points.
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3-18-2007 @ 12:29PM
beerman68 said...
if you people read the news story right ... The White House Correspondents Association decided to give the front row to the cnn loons .
2007 White House Correspondents Association Board
Steve Scully - C-SPAN (President)
Ann Compton - ABC News (Vice President)
Jennifer Loven - Associated Press (Treasurer)
Peter Maer - CBS News (Secretary)
Steve Holland - Reuters
Doug Mills - The New York Times
Kenneth Walsh - US News & World Report
Ken Herman - Cox Newspapers
Mike Allen - The Politico
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3-18-2007 @ 1:44PM
LC said...
David, the Whitehouse administration does not choose this, but rather a board made up of almost a dozen news organizations.
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3-18-2007 @ 7:14PM
David said...
Well shows how much I watch these things, and no one ever does anyway. The best seats are in the back with the camras because then they might get a part of your head.
And after seeing that list this news story sucks. All librals giving librals a seat? No way!
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