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February 27, 2005
WSJ: 'White House Press Room as Political Stage'
Christopher Cooper and John D. McKinnon, writing in the February 25, 2005 edition of The Wall Street Journal, said "the power of the presidency has always attracted offbeat characters to the White House briefing room." They opined:
But the trend accelerated in the late 1990s, when cable outlets like C-SPAN began broadcasting the White House briefing in its entirety. That has drawn more fringe journalists seeking a forum to voice their points of view. The trend has been further fueled in recent years by the rise of alternative media, Internet news sites and Web logs that have given just about everyone who wants it a platform for punditry.They said "the result is that 'the entire nature of the briefing has changed,' says former Clinton press secretary Joe Lockhart. 'It's become a show.'" Here's more.
Posted by Munir Umrani at February 27, 2005 05:36 PM
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