Fox News Mara Liasson Fumes after Obama Press Conference
Mara Liasson, National political correspondent for National Public Radio (NPR) and long-time contributor to Fox News, appears to be fuming after President Obama called on Huffington Post blogger Sam Stein during yesterday’s news conference. (It’s said to be the first time a president has acknowledged a blogger during a White House press conference, so the moment generated a bit of press chatter.)
Just over an hour ago, Ana Marie Cox (formerly Wonkette, now frequenting MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow) reported in on Twitter:
Mara Liasson next to me; on the phone; just said “He called on Huffington Post! I was surprised he didn’t call on Air America!” Oh honey.
P.S. Stein is a qualified reporter. Click here to jump to his Huffington Post page.
Stein’s background:
Previously he has worked for Newsweek magazine, the New York Daily News and the investigative journalism group Center for Public Integrity. He has a masters from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and is a graduate of Dartmouth College.
zak commented:
It\’s also worth noting that another former gay \”escort\” and p0rn star who appeared in all-male videos in the \’90s, Matt Sanchez, is a regular commenter at Fox News. Sanchez and Gannon were scene canoodling at last year\’s CPAC.
dsanche commented:
Gannon is (rather, was) a paid male prostitute, both literally and figuratively, for the Republican party.
If that is the precedent the GOP wants to go with, I think we need further investigation of how Gannon got into the White House in spite of his \”credentials\”.
Yo Yo Yo Yo Yo commented:
Stein’s background:
Previously he has worked for Newsweek magazine, the New York Daily News and the investigative journalism group Center for Public Integrity. He has a masters from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and is a graduate of Dartmouth College.
vs. Jeff Gannon
….a-yeah …
jaylo commented:
\”It’s said to be the first time a president has acknowledged a blogger during a White House press conference..\”
Yes, it\’s said by those who are trying to revise history to exclude the fact that Bush called on Jeff Gannon, a male prostitute blogger for Talon.com, during his press conference. You might want to adjust this little fact in your story.