Washington – Who’ll take Helen Thomas’s front-row seat in the White House briefing room? The lobbying is in full swing, with Fox News and Bloomberg News trading passive-aggressive gibes.
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In a letter to the White House Correspondents’ Association board, Fox’s Bill Sammon wrote that his network was promised in 2007 it would get the spot when Thomas retired, having come in second to CNN in the seat-jockeying that occurred when the front row was widened. He called Bloomberg “a financial niche news outlet, not a general interest news organization like Fox.”
Oooh! In a letter sent Wednesday, Bloomberg’s Al Hunt and Michael Tackett bristle at the description (“sadly out of date”) and warn the board against “awarding a seat because of earlier sentiments.” Oh, and “Bloomberg started covering the White House full time before Fox News existed.”
LOL. We knew this was coming. Whoever is the least anti-semitic should get the seat.
I want Fox News to get it, I like Major Garrett.
Fox cable is like 10 times bigger then Bloomberg
Whoever has a harder time hearing seems to me should get the front row. Its a no brainer…..
let fox get the seat they are what we need a conservative reporter in the white house. maybe then we will get some normal news and tough questions out of the white house.
Bloomberg should and will get the seat. Fox has become a joke among journalists and Garrett has become a mouthpiece for the right wing zealots who control fox news. We don’t need to replace Thomas with another clown.
Bloomberg has seniority in the room. That is reason enough. Fox has a seat in the 2nd row.
Who cares who gets her seat? Why not focus on the issues she raised? You know, do some actual, real journalism. She was a fantastic journalist, and it’s a shame she was forced out for speaking truth to power. Fox “News” has no business even being in that room.
If obama is in charge who gets the seat I assume al gazira will get it