Jay Carney Took to Twitter to Deny What a Local Reporter Claims He Said About How White House Briefings Are Truly Conducted

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Fred Lucas   

A local Arizona anchor, who visited the White House Wednesday to interview President Barack Obama, made headlines when she said that White House press secretary Jay Carney gets questions before the press briefing and often answers in advance of the briefing.

But Carney asserted the contrary in a tweet Thursday saying on Twitter, “Briefings would be a lot easier if this were true! Rest assured, it is not.”

Jon Ralston  @RalstonReports 

So WH reporters give @PressSec questions in advance? I used to admire so many of those folks. Democracy unravels:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEexpBWwY-s#t= …

Jay Carney (EOP)        ✔   @PressSec 
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.@RalstonReports Briefings would be a lot easier if this were true! Rest assured, it is not.

Catherine Anaya, the co-anchor for KPHO, the CBS affiliate in Phoenix, talked about her interview with the president and talked about what Carney told a group of local anchors during an off the record meeting in his office that day.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEexpBWwY-s&feature=player_embedded

Anaya said on the air:

It was a very busy day. We started here shortly after 8 o’clock with a coffee with press secretary Jay Carney inside his office in the West Wing. says the reporter. And this was the off-the-record so we were able to ask him all about some of the preparation that he does on a regular basis for talking to the press in his daily press briefings. He showed us a very long list of items that he has to be well versed on every single day.

And then he also mentioned that a lot of times, unless it’s something breaking, the questions that the reporters actually ask — the correspondents — they are provided to him in advance. So then he knows what he’s going to be answering and sometimes those correspondents and reporters also have those answers printed in front of them, because of course it helps when they’re producing their reports for later on. So that was very interesting.”

That said, it’s not unusual to call or e-mail questions to a press spokesperson rather than wait for a daily press briefing. Moreover, in some cases, a written response might warrant a follow up. TV networks for their part often want to get footage of someone speaking about a topic.

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[happyg]

  This administration is a joke, however, a sick joke!

[mountaineer]

Rest assured, Jay, I believe the reporterette on this one.

[speekinout]

And now she's had to retract her statement. So much for that career! Telling the truth is not a good idea for anyone covering this WH. 

 

[Fishrrman]

[[ Jay Carney Took to Twitter to Deny What a Local Reporter Claims He Said About How White House Briefings Are Truly Conducted ]]

Given the choice between the credibility of the reporter who disclosed this, or Mr. Carney, well .... do I really need to say any more?