PJ Media
Roger L Simon
Jan. 24, 2017
Excuse my ignorance, but I had no idea -- until reading about the recent kerfuffle cum journalist Twitter brawl -- that by tradition the Associated Press always gets to ask the first question at White House press briefings. (It was given on Monday to the New York Post, creating consternation.)
Which leads me to ask: Who anointed the AP and made them king?
In fact, why would anybody ever, by tradition or for any other reason, always get to ask the first or even the fifth question at a White House press briefing or conference?
Or, to drill down a little further, why does any media outlet get preference over any other when it comes to asking questions? Or still further, who determines what reporters and organizations get into the briefing room in the first place to sit forever in rows one or two?
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