On how the White House press corps were both right and "bonkers"Um...No they didn't have a legitimate beef.
FLEISCHER: I think the White House correspondents were right on this one. They did have a legitimate beef. They should have been told about it. But I think you can be right and still go bonkers, and I think that's what happened here...I do think there is an element here of the press going bonkers because they didn't get the story. Somebody else did, and they wished it had been them. It should have been them, but that does feed into their anger.
The White House press corps has gotten into the habit of being fed the news. God forbid they actually earn their keep as reporters. The story got covered, the White House press corps is just pissed off that they didn't get to cover the story. That is not the White House's problem, nor Vice President Cheney's or anyone else's for that matter. If you don't like the stories you are being fed, then for Pete's sake go out there and get your own story.
My journalist wife thinks the DC media people are acting like our four year old daughter when she doesn't get her way--they are pitching a temper tantrum. Get over it.
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