A Little Pet Press Corps

What between the Neil Cavuto interview last week and the Downing Street Memo, Dan Froomkin, the author of the White House Briefing, seems to be getting rather fed up with reporters (not) questioning the administration.

Under the heading “How About a Follow Up Question?” Froomkin writes:

The White House press corps is still failing when it comes to subjecting the White House to the sort of concerted, detailed, insistent questioning the Downing Street memos merit.

For example, here’s one exchange from yesterday’s press briefing with Scott McClellan:

“Q Scott, more official British documents are seeming to indicate that the Bush administration was trying to justify an invasion of Iraq as early as March, 2002. And tomorrow, Representative John Conyers, as you know, is holding some Democratic hearings to get testimony about this. Is the President concerned that as more documents come out seeming to indicate a decision very early on to invade Iraq and possible manipulating –

“MR. McCLELLAN: I think you’ve asked these questions, the President has been asked these questions, and I think it’s been addressed.”

And that was it. It was on to the next question.

But have no fear–the President is being held to account. As Froomkin points out, Al Roker interviewed the First Couple about their pets today.

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