The writers at The Onion, much like the vast majority of political humorists, can’t find it in their heart to mock President Barack Obama. Call it political correctness writ large, the left’s inability to mock one of their own or the
On Tuesday, White House Spokesperson Jay Carney claimed that President Barack Obama and other White House officials were unaware that an independent inspector general had been investigating the IRS about whether it targeted conservative groups until they read about it
On Tuesday, White House press secretary Jay Carney scolded a reporter for daring to shake her head at his spin. The reporter, Alexis Simendinger of Real Clear Politics, asked, “I just wanted to make sure, are we going to find
A White House press pool reporter challenged Spokesman Jay Carney on Tuesday about President Obama’s unprecedented prosecutions of leaks in his administration. The reporter asserted that the President has prosecuted double the number of leakers to the press than all
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney: “What [the leaked email] showed was that Republicans who are leaking these emails that have been shared with Congress, didn’t just do that, they decided to fabricate portions of an email and make up
John Yoo, the former Bush administration lawyer (and frequent media target) notes at Ricochet.com that the media’s reaction to the revelation that the Obama administration spied on the Associated Press is not just a feeling of outrage, but of betrayal.
One of the more tense and interesting exchanges during Tuesday’s White House briefing occurred when NBC’s Chuck Todd exposed White House spokesman Jay Carney as not exactly being honest regarding a talking point involving a piece of legislation that might
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said Tuesday that the President was unaware of the Department of Justice monitoring Associated Press reporters’ communication until Monday night when the story broke via the AP.
After reports that the Department of Justice has been monitoring Associated Press reporters communications, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney blamed the possible overreach on Republicans on Tuesday. Carney claimed that in 2007 then Senator Obama crafted legislation that would
Tuesday at the White House, press secretary Jay Carney explained that he could not comment on the latest reports that the Department of Justice grabbed phone records for reporters and editors at the Associated Press. “On the issue of what
In a wild press conference today, White House press secretary Jay Carney blithely informed reporters that just because the IRS had admitted to giving extra scrutiny to conservative non-profit applicants doesn’t mean something negative had occurred. President Obama has already
Why was U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice sent to appear on the Sunday talk shows on September 16, 2012 instead of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to discuss the terrorist attacks on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya? After all, Clinton,
Days after the news broke of the September 11 anniversary terror attack on our consulate in Libya, Republicans and right-leaning media were screaming about how the Obama Administration mishandled security and was covering up the fact that it was a
The DC political world has been rocked by twin revelations that the IRS targeted conservative and tea party non-profits for heightened scrutiny and Eric Holder’s Justice Department obtained private phone records of reporters from the Associated Press. At heart of
It only took eight months but finally the left-wing media is starting to hold the Obama Administration responsible for its brazen lies surrounding the weeks-long cover up in the aftermath of the terror attack in Libya. Tuesday morning, the Washington
On Monday night, after reports surfaced that the Justice Department–and, more specifically, Attorney General Eric Holder–approved subpoenas to obtain the phone records of reporters from the Associated Press, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said the White House was shocked to
During a Monday press conference, President Barack Obama dismissed concerns and congressional inquiries into the Benghazi attack that claimed the lives of four Americans including U.S. Libyan Ambassador Chris Stevens. “And suddenly three days ago this gets spun up as
The founder of EMILY’s List has endorsed a super PAC formed to draft Hillary Clinton to run for president in 2016 and financially support her efforts. Ellen Malcolm, a person The Hill noted co-chaired Clinton’s failed 2008 White House bid
(AP) Govt obtains wide AP phone records in probeBy MARK SHERMANAssociated PressWASHINGTONThe Justice Department secretly obtained two months of telephone records of reporters and editors for The Associated Press in what the news cooperative’s top executive called a “massive and
The Obama White House has been hit with its third major scandal in as many days. Friday we learned that the Administration was much more involved than admitted with the editing of the CIA talking points surrounding Benghazi. We also
Monday morning, NBC’s “Today Show” engineered one of those warm “family” moments that producers hope will help rescue the declining morning show from its recent ratings fall. The warm fuzzies were everywhere as “Today” co-host Savannah Guthrie announced on-the-air that
Looks as though Joe Klein is back on the Narrative Plantation. After blistering the Obama Administration over revelations that the IRS was targeting conservative groups, today Klein took his marching orders from Ezra Klein and publicly walked it all way
Following a May 13 joint press conference between Obama and British PM David Cameron, AP correspondent Julie Pace asked Obama about Benghazi talking points, and Obama said “political motivations” are keeping the Benghazi story alive. Pace: “Do you think the
Jackson Diehl, who writes about foreign affairs for the Washington Post, is no Obama administration shill. He has taken on the White House on several occasions, notably on the issue of human rights, where he has been willing–as few others
There was a time when Carl Bernstein was celebrated for speaking truth to power and relentlessly pursuing a president even though the rest of his colleagues didn’t join him in following a political scandal that involved a second-rate break-in at
