You know, prior to this expose of media hacks coordinating questions to bash Mitt Romney over his criticism of Obama’s handling of the debacle in Egypt and Libya, I thought Jan Crawford at least a decent reporter. However, Newsbusters has identified the so called ‘real journalists’ as CBS’ Jan Crawford and NPR hack Ari Shapiro.
As one who worked in the White House, it should be said that reporters do sometimes coordinate to get a sense of what they want out of a press conference. But when has the public gotten a sense these journalists have done this to hold Obama accountable? (He didn’t take questions this morning, so there could be no plotting today.)
Off camera, you can hear CBS’s Crawford strategizing:
JAN CRAWFORD: That’s the question….Yeah that’s the question. I would just say do you regret your question.
ARI SHAPIRO, NPR: Your question? Your statement?
CRAWFORD: I mean your statement. Not even your tone, because then he can go off on –
SHAPIRO: And then if he does, I think we can just follow up and say ‘but this morning your answer is continuing to sound’ –
Then the feed is cut off. Crawford later added, “No matter who he calls on, we’re covered on the one question.” A man who is not Shapiro states, “Do you stand by your statement or regret your statement?”