Political Punch (Free subscription) | 12/05/2009
ABC News’ Jordyn Phelps reports: White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs and American Urban Radio’s White House Correspondent April Ryan have long had a contentious relationship. An exchange they had yesterday has started to garner some attention, including on Thursday’s...
P/Oed Patriot (Free subscription) | 12/05/2009
A ccording to an Article on ABCNews, White House Press Secretary, Robert Gibbs, told reporter, April Ryan, to "take a Deep Breath and Calm Down." Then he insulted her by comparing her to his young son, here is apart of the Article: "White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs and American Urban Radio’s White House Correspondent April...
Valleywag (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
The White House Correspondents' Association has started letting lowly blogs participate in the White House pool, and now the real journalists are all upset about it. As we mentioned earlier this...
MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
NBC White House Correspondent Kevin Corke is heading off to Miami in style, with a goodbye party to remember. In sunny Miami, Corke will work for the NBC affiate WTVJ. New Career Opportunities Daily: The best jobs in media .
Political Ticker (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
By David Ellis, CNNMoney.com staff writer NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) - President Obama will meet with the chief executives of several big banks next week, in an effort to help spur greater lending to consumers and small businesses, two senior White House officials told CNN Wednesday. The president is [...]
The Swamp (Free subscription) | yesterday
by Mark Silva As President Barack Obama heads for Oslo this week to accept the Nobel Prize for Peace -- only the third sitting president to accept the award -- he is ramping up the U.S. military deployment in Afghanistan, an eight-year-old war, to nearly 100,000 troops. The irony of the war-time president accepting the world's most prestigious peace prize is not lost on the Obama White House....
MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Last Friday we asked , If George Takes the GMA Job, Who Should Host "This Week?" After nearly 1,700 votes, 28% of you thought ABC News White House correspondent Jake Tapper (aka @jaketapper ) should get the gig, followed by PBS' Gwen Ifill (10%), and former ABC Newsman Ted Koppel (9%). And while some of you wrote in candidates including Glenn Beck , Bill Maher and Sean...
MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
You may recall that in September, we asked the TV White House correspondents to pick a college football national champion. Now that we know its the Alabama Crimson Tide vs. the Texas Longhorns, here's a quick update: Both FNC's Mike Emanuel and NBC News' Chuck Todd picked the Longhorns to win, so they're still in the running. ABC's Jake Tapper , who picked Florida, was in good...
Political Inaction (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
[SECURITY BREACHES] - WaPo - The Secret Service has a detailed report showing all the security breaches since the Carter Administration. Secret Service check points have been defeated 91 times in 30 odd years. [CALM DOWN GATE] - ABC - Robert Gibbs told a White House correspondent to calm down , specifically referencing his kid. Since the correspondent was a woman, Robert...
Blog Absolute Point (Free subscription) | 12/05/2009
April Ryan April Ryan, a member of the news media was attending a press briefing at the White House while Robert Gibbs was lecturing. She is a White House correspondent for the American Urban Radio Network. Gibbs who is a White House social secretary was … see more. See also: desiree rogers | american urban radio [...]
Fausta's blog (Free subscription) | 12/06/2009
Gibbs Tells a Female White House Correspondent to ‘Calm Down’ Ryan had a heated back-and-forth with Gibbs over whether White House Social Secretary Desiree Rogers overstepped her bounds in the “Gate-Crash-gate” incident and was pressing Gibbs on the subject through repeated questions. “Some might have called her the belle of the ball,...
Entertainment and Showbiz! (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
April Ryan, a member of the news media was attending a press briefing at the White House while Robert Gibbs was lecturing. She is a White House correspondent for the American Urban Radio Network. Gibbs who is a White House social secretary was speaking about Afghanistan issues while Ryan kept on interrupting him with her [...] Related posts: Robert Pattinson:...
Bossip (Free subscription) | 12/05/2009
April Roberts is a White House correspondent for the American Urban Radio Network, and Robert Gibbs is the White House press secretary: April Roberts put Robert “Geeky” Gibbs on front street when she asked about Desiree Rogers outshining Michelle Obama. Gibbs acted like he had no clue what April was pertaining to in her question. It [...]
Bossip (Free subscription) | 12/05/2009
April Roberts is a White House correspondent for the American Urban Radio Network, and Robert Gibbs is the White House press secretary: April Roberts put Robert “Geeky” Gibbs on front street when she asked about Desiree Rogers outshining Michelle Obama. Gibbs acted like he had no clue what April was pertaining to in her question. [...]
Bossip (Free subscription) | 12/05/2009
April Roberts is a White House correspondent for the American Urban Radio Network, and Robert Gibbs is the White House press secretary: April Roberts put Robert “Geeky” Gibbs on front street when she asked about Desiree Rogers outshining Michelle Obama. Gibbs acted like he had no clue what April was pertaining to in her question. It [...]
