http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000818837White House Correspondents Want No Role in Credentialing
The White House Correspondents Association announced Monday that it would not seek changes to the White House press-credentialing process, despite complaints from several members that controversial former reporter James Guckert had been able to gain the same access as any other reporter for two years.
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"The board felt like none of us were happy about Gannon being in the briefing room, but we all view it as the price we pay for a system that favors inclusion over keeping someone out," Hutcheson told E&P. "While not perfect,
is geared toward letting people in."
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"The bottom line is that none of us are comfortable with Jeff Gannon posing as a journalist," Hutcheson stated. "But none of us are comfortable with changing the system to keep him out."
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how coy of Hutcheson and the White House Correspondent Board