Obama gets an award: Check
It’s a press award: Check
Press gets locked out: D’oh!
Andrew Malcome reports:
The president is to receive the award from the federation of black community newspapers in a White House ceremony this afternoon.
The Obama White House has closed the press award ceremony to the press.
From the president’s official schedule:
“Later in the afternoon, the President and the First Lady will attend a reception with the National Newspaper Publisher Association in the State Dining Room, where they will be presented the Newsmaker of the Year award. This event is closed press.”
Maybe they’ll let the newspaper people pass the award through the fence.
Just another gaffe in a long trail of gaffes from the Harlem globetrotter in chief.
Others:
- Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute: I Sense A Turning Tide
- Ed Morrissey / Hot Air: Hey, media, Obama’s just not that into you
- John Hawkins / Right Wing News: The Amateur Hour Moments Just Keep Coming: Obama And The Press
