It was only fair that Associated Press reporter Jim Kuhnhenn got the first question to White House Press Secretary Jay Carney at Tuesday’s press briefing. Coming just one day after news broke
that the Department Of Justice had secretly seized two months worth of
phone records from AP reporters, Kuhnhenn used his question to tie the
AP scandal together with the other troubling news stories of the week
for the Obama administration.
“For fear of stating the obvious,” Kuhnhenn began, “the White House
right now is confronting a confluence of issues: Benghazi talking
points, IRS reviews of political groups, Justice Department’s review of
journalists’ phone records, and in every instance either the president
or you have placed the burden of responsibility someplace else… But it
is the president’s administration, so I wonder, doesn’t responsibility
for setting tone, for setting direction ultimately rest with the
president on these matters?” (Continues)
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