OH NOES! POLITICO/DRUDGE UPSET: In a clearly coordinated exchange, POTUS called on HuffPo

[wndycty]

Drudge is linking to this. . .SHOCKER!

Obama calls on HuffPost for Iran question

In a clearly coordinated exchange, President Obama called on the Huffington Post's Nico Pitney near the start of his press conference and requested a question directly from Iran.

“Nico, I know you and all across the Internet, we've been seeing a lot of reports coming out of Iran,” Obama said, addressing Pitney. “I know there may actually be questions from people in Iran who are communicating through the Internet. Do you have a question?”

Pitney, as if ignoring what Obama had just said, said: “I wanted to use this opportunity to ask you a question directly from an Iranian.”

He then noted that the site had solicited questions from people in the country “who were still courageous enough to be communicating online.”
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http://www.politico.com/blogs/michaelcalderone/0609/Obama_calls_on_HuffPost_for_Iran_question.html

[Spazito]

1. Politico/Drudge, the perfect union...

Both of them being right-wing propaganda crap, they are well suited.

[108]

2. a bunch of crazy folks commenting on that story

[nc4bo]

3. Why are they making this a big deal? Jeez.

Couldn't help reading some of teh most ridiculous RW morAnic comments I've ever read. Classic Repuke :puke:.


Edit for grammar.

[flpoljunkie]

4. Sadly, it's who they are and what they do.

[hileeopnyn8d]

5. So what if it was coordinated

I'm pretty sure even the craziest right-wing nutters have been following the Iranian protests and coverage at HuffPo simply because they had the best, most up to date info.

Politico or Drudge could have positioned themselves to be called on as well, had they concentrated on providing an outlet for that useful information, instead of a week long meme about the president not sounding strong enough.

[asphalt.jungle]

6. the question was actually more favorable to their side.

putting him on the spot and asking if he accepts the election results wouldn't he basically be shitting on the protesters or something to that effect.

[rvablue]

7. Ridiculous blog envy.

Politico, with all of their funding, thinks they're supposed to the only cyber game in town.

And Drudge is just in a snit that his aggregator site, void of any original content, has become wholly irrelevant!

[JuniperLea]

10. Blog envy! Spot freaking on! eom

[masuki bance]

8. Mark Knoller (CBS) confirms via twitter

"Huffington Post's Nico Pitney says the WH called him this morning and invited him to ask his Iran questions at the news conference.15 minutes ago from web "

http://twitter.com/markknoller/status/2297536689

[beac]

9. Yeah, this is WAY more shocking than a male prostitute being credentialed and repeatedly called on.

:eyes:

[JitterbugPerfume]

11. you would think he called on Jeff Gannon

or something