Press passed (up). Feelings hurt.
The White House press corps is miffed that the Vice President hunting accident made it to the local newspaper before it made it to the pool reporter. So, what are they gonna do about it, hmm?
Gone are those images of the chain smoking gum shoe reporter, disheveled grey suit, fedora, “getting the story.” Impractical, you say? Not in today’s world of Secret Service details, pool reporters, shared feeds, press planes?
Perhaps the next time Dick Cheney or any other potential newsmaker goes on vacation sans press pool there will be some industriousness demonstrated to keep within birdshot of the story. What does that entail? How about some good old fashioned journalism.
