White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest on Wednesday was unable to rule out golfing as the reason President Barack Obama intends to skip Justice Antonin Scalia’s funeral this weekend. “The president has said that he is not always as sensitive as he should be on optics,” one reporter asked Earnest during Wednesday’s press briefing. “Can […]
Watch How WH Press Secretary Answers When Reporter Asks If He Can ‘Rule Out’ Obama Golfing During Scalia’s Funeral
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Obama Gets ‘Feisty’ as Reporter Grills Him on Putin: ‘He’s Challenging Your Leadership, Mr. President’
October 11, 2015 by
President Barack Obama got “feisty” during an interview about Russian President Vladimir Putin, as one CBS News anchor put it. In the interview, set to air Sunday on “60 Minutes,” Obama immediately pushed back from reporter Steve Kroft’s line of questioning about America’s leadership around the world, particularly in the Middle East. “A year ago, […]
Jorge Ramos Is an Immigration Activist Posing as a Reporter
August 26, 2015 by
Donald Trump might not have paid for that microphone, but he sure as hell owned it. At a press conference in Iowa on Tuesday, Trump had barely reached the podium before Jorge Ramos, superstar anchor for Spanish-language network Univision, began interrogating him about his immigration platform. Trump, who already had called on a different journalist […]
Hillary Clinton Campaign Shuts Out Reporter
June 15, 2015 by
Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign shut out a pool reporter in New Hampshire on Monday, renewing longstanding issues about her openness and transparency with the press. Democratic presidential candidate and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks in Des Moines, Iowa, Sunday, June 14, 2015. (Daniel Acker/Bloomberg via Getty Images) David Martosko, the U.S. political […]
Fox Reporter Asks Hillary Three Tough Questions on Email Scandal — but the Comment She Made Before Answering Is Making the News
When Fox News reporter Ed Henry asked Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton three straightforward questions about her email scandal on Friday, she quickly told him she would only be answering one. “Well, let me answer one of your questions, because I think that’s what you’re entitled to,” Clinton said. Fox Business Here are the three […]