Get Rid of the White House Press Corps

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I agree with Ana Marie Cox, journalistic standards and integrity have left something to be desired. The journalist should be qualified and knowledgeable in a specific area or topic that they are inquiring into. Moreover, the general consensus of the public is that nonsensical debates or non-issues are being broadcast too frequently. We should be able to focus the issues to more relevant matters as we near the debates and election. I believe most people would agree that the primary concerns begin with economic, taxes, health care, balancing the budget, environmental developments, education, infrastructure, and foreign policy.
We have witnessed unprecedented amounts of money spent on campaigning this year with little effectiveness, accountability, or clarity. We must clearly define the Constitution within the historical context in which it was drafted and adopted. Hopefully, we can reach constructive solutions regarding campaign finances and gun control. At any rate, we need to prioritize in a variety of facets. Thomas Jefferson warned (in 1802) the dangers that unregulated, unchecked, and unbalanced banks posed toward the American public. We are certainly see many historical admonitions come to fruition.

Brandt of OR 7:46PM August 19, 2012

if you watch fox news, no need to say anything else.

brandi of MI 3:00PM December 22, 2010

"Get Rid of the White House Press Corps"
especially hate-spewing, Jew-Haters like Hell Ann Thomas with her Hitlesque No Juden "Jews Go Home" comments...
http://wizbangblog.com/content/2010/06/04/helen-thomas-jews-go-home.php

Savage Nation of CA 7:57PM June 04, 2010

Fire all the reporters. Who needs to really knows what's happening.
News, smews - People need only enough news to hang themselves and generate profits for their masters on Wall Street. Crackpot media like Fox News and US News are going to distort and mislead regardless of the truth.
People are on a need-to -know basis, and apparently the truth is the last thing most these conservative media want is for people to understand the news and how the game is stacked against them.

Jeremy of IL 7:59PM May 05, 2010

Gibbs is a moron...

Tom in San Diego of CA 9:25PM April 30, 2010

I dont think the press has any idea ofthe extent they have falleninto irrelevancy-yellow journalism is the order of the day;Edward R. Murrow was a journalist-this present group are gossip mongers who are particularly adept at taking sentences out of contest,
and turning them into nasty innuendo. I.ll take mother jones,usnews and world report,even newasweek before I will spend a cent on "news" papers. As for TV reporting-if you want intelligent analyses watch Al Jazeera or Russia today-I have only contempt for the American press-they are shills for the owners,especially Fox-why should my president allow that bunch of rubes to spew garbage without rebuttal? The fact is we now have a president of tremendous intellect and long term vision. Small minds cant graspthat this man is the real deal so they try to drag him down to their level-fat chance. DR Ward

Doris R Ward of TX 5:12AM April 29, 2010

The press did not intentionally hide candidate Obama. They obscured his message with the same tactics they are using now: emphasis on the petty rather than deal with genuine issues--preference for lipstick on a pig rather than with how to deal with our education problems. It was not until we hit the economic meltdown that he was able to gain any traction. If you followed his campaign and presidency closely, listening to him--even with a critical ear--instead of what the media had to say about him, the revelation of the "real" Obama will not be a surprise because it will be what you had determined him to be all along.

Sharon Nelson of WI 7:28PM April 28, 2010

So what's new about a group of very privileged,"entitled" people who get angry when their entitlements are undermined by change? Should the unemployed whose jobs have been lost to tech change or the flight of jobs to other countries, feel any special sympathy? Welcome to the crowd. The answer is the same: Let this out-of-date, but still employed, press corps work harder and more creatively to stay relevant, or lose their jobs entirely.

Penny 5:50PM April 28, 2010

Could the White Houses' apparent disdain of the Press Corp possibly have anything to do with the appalling quality of contemporary journalism? I think the White House is just sick and tired of having everything force fed into the daily who's-up-who's-down hysteria of the modern media. I think they have learned to limit their exposure because so much of the press corp coverage has been reduced to trying to stir the pot, create a controversy-driven narrative, and grab juicy sound bites for their cadre of "analysts" to chew over. As Ms. Cary points out - no news comes out of the corp anymore, just attempts to back the administration into rhetorical corners, force contradictions, and parse statements to death to make political hay. Why should the administration play along with the childish antics of the ratings enslaved media that live and die on a 24 hour cycle. Over and over they have attempted to refocus the media on the big picture and the long term, to no avail. It always comes down to the daily gotcha and the minutiae of verbal jousting with the press secretary. Having said all that, I think Ms. Cary's suggestion might be the best answer. If more informed, substantive questions are asked (beyond "can you comment on story X currently on Drudge, Mr. Secretary"), maybe more substantive answers would be forthcoming.

Rollen of TN 5:33PM April 28, 2010

The rotation of reporters is the way to go! Real news, real questions, white house responses without canned prepared gloss. But that would be transparency, openness. Won't happen with this regime because they hide the truth, cook the books, bribe the legislators, vilify exposers, discredit fact-seekers. The press helped hide the real Obama, now they can out him. I'm waiting for Act II.

Nancy Cochran of CA 1:02PM April 28, 2010