Jay Carney shoots down Daily Caller’s high school-aged reporter for making ‘ridiculous statement’

[Galraedia]

It turns out that the Daily Caller reporter who posed a question to White House Press Secretary Jay Carney — is a junior in high school.

Gabe Finger, who is a junior at the Potomac School in Maryland, questioned Carney about reported death threats against George Zimmerman and his family, following up by asking if the family is “on their own.”

“You can editorialize all you want, and I’m sure that you will,” Carney responded. “But that is a ridiculous statement.”

Finger, who told POLITICO that he is 16 years-old, posted the tweet below soon after the exchange.

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[ceonupe]

1. White House PR dept makes PR mistake

Seams to be happening alot lately

[hrmjustin]

9. It was a stupid question and it got the answer it deserved.

[arely staircase]

10. agreed

they should have never let the little dipshit in the building.

[elehhhhna]

14. baby brightbart? No real journos (snort!) available? no network budget for them or what????

[arely staircase]

15. they're using child labor these days

as opposed to their usual childish labor.

[Kingofalldems]

16. Guess what? Nobody is fooled.

[Cha]

18. White House Press Secretary Jay Carney shoves

the stupid statement back in the little twerp's face.

there fixed it for ya.

[AllINeedIsCoffee]

2. An idiot-in-training. Good for Jay. nt

[Mr. David]

3. I hope she ends up doing nothing for society

maybe wind up doing hairdressing instead of being a "journalist" for a right-wing rag.

[CakeGrrl]

4. Stupid question; wasted opportunity

But from the kid's tweet, it sounds like he's attending the school of Fox News Gotcha and wasn't interested in doing serious work.

[bunnies]

5. Is the President going to protect George Zimmerman?!

WTF is wrong with that kid?!

[olddots]

7. I can't imagine being that much of a dupe at 16

n.t.

[Blue_Tires]

8. He's probably just happy someone paid attention to him for the first time...

[Rex]

11. Let's be honest, the WH PR department is a shoe to mouth operation.

We liberals heard loud and clear what the WH thinks of our ideas.

[HappyMe]

12. What a dumbass, and a wasted opportunity.

Word is dunce, buddy.

[heaven05]

13. the

Zimmerman family will get everything coming to them. They are not on their own, racist amerikkka has embraced them and will hold them close. Fuck the zimpigermans.

[TheKentuckian]

17. I think it would have been better to educate the kid and direct him to the local authorities or

some such lame thing or make a joke or both.

Don't get me wrong, the question is goofy as fuck (and junior faux seeming) and I wasn't 5% of that dumb at 16 but saving the brutal truth and the zingers for the professionals seems to be about the right balance to me.

I don't much give a shit in the big picture but we are talking a dumb kid in a world of at least as silly questions and phony scandals stupidly asked about over and over by jive reporters on TV everyday.