Boston Herald Says White House Cited Months-Old Mitt Romney Op-Ed in Keeping Reporter

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Boston Herald Says White House Cited Months-Old Mitt Romney Op-Ed in Keeping Reporter from Covering President

The Boston Herald has accused the White House of denying its reporter full access to President Obama's local fundraiser Wednesday evening, claiming the Obama administration cited concerns about an op-ed the paper ran more than two months ago by Republican Mitt Romney.

Romney, a former Massachusetts governor and possible GOP challenger in the 2012 presidential race, tore into Obama over the economy in his March 8 op-ed, which the Herald played on the front page at the time under the headline, "Why He's Failing."

The White House didn't forget.

According to emails published Wednesday in the Herald, when the newspaper tried to sign up for pool reporter duty ahead of Obama's visit to Boston, a White House spokesman questioned whether the newspaper could cover the president fairly.

"I tend to consider the degree to which papers have demonstrated to covering the White House regularly and fairly in determining local pool reporters," spokesman Matt Lehrich told the Herald in response to its request, according to the newspaper. "My point about the op-ed was not that you ran it, but that it was the full front page, which excluded any coverage of the visit of a sitting U.S. President to Boston. I think that raises a fair question about whether the paper is unbiased in its coverage of the President's visits."

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/05/18/boston-herald-tiff-white-house-months-old-romney-op-ed/

i wouldn't be surprised if the thin skin obama did this....mustn't question the messiah
 
Boston Herald Says White House Cited Months-Old Mitt Romney Op-Ed in Keeping Reporter from Covering President

The Boston Herald has accused the White House of denying its reporter full access to President Obama's local fundraiser Wednesday evening, claiming the Obama administration cited concerns about an op-ed the paper ran more than two months ago by Republican Mitt Romney.

Romney, a former Massachusetts governor and possible GOP challenger in the 2012 presidential race, tore into Obama over the economy in his March 8 op-ed, which the Herald played on the front page at the time under the headline, "Why He's Failing."

The White House didn't forget.

According to emails published Wednesday in the Herald, when the newspaper tried to sign up for pool reporter duty ahead of Obama's visit to Boston, a White House spokesman questioned whether the newspaper could cover the president fairly.

"I tend to consider the degree to which papers have demonstrated to covering the White House regularly and fairly in determining local pool reporters," spokesman Matt Lehrich told the Herald in response to its request, according to the newspaper. "My point about the op-ed was not that you ran it, but that it was the full front page, which excluded any coverage of the visit of a sitting U.S. President to Boston. I think that raises a fair question about whether the paper is unbiased in its coverage of the President's visits."

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/05/18/boston-herald-tiff-white-house-months-old-romney-op-ed/

i wouldn't be surprised if the thin skin obama did this....mustn't question the messiah

Funny...

An Op-Ed belongs in the OPINION section...just don't expect Yurt or any other Obama hater to admit as much.

I realize that may be too difficult for you to grasp, but the Herald's front page placement of an Opinion piece demonstrates they aren't interested in unbiased reporting, therefore, they brought this situation on themselves and have no one to blame but themselves.
 
Funny...

An Op-Ed belongs in the OPINION section...just don't expect Yurt or any other Obama hater to admit as much.

I realize that may be too difficult for you to grasp, but the Herald's front page placement of an Opinion piece demonstrates they aren't interested in unbiased reporting, therefore, they brought this situation on themselves and have no one to blame but themselves.

no surprise your irrational hatred caused you to not read what i said:

i wouldn't be surprised if the thin skin obama did this....mustn't question the messiah

thanks for another example of your civility :rolleyes:
 
no surprise your irrational hatred caused you to not read what i said:



thanks for another example of your civility :rolleyes:


Well if Obama did this it is only because the Herald displayed an obvious biased attitude towards him when they placed an Opinion piece on the front page.

And let's hear it one more time for the Yurtard!

His OP absolutely drips with incivility, yet he still feigns innocence and gets his panties in a wad when someone responds in kind.
 
Well if Obama did this it is only because the Herald displayed an obvious biased attitude towards him when they placed an Opinion piece on the front page.

And let's hear it one more time for the Yurtard!

His OP absolutely drips with incivility, yet he still feigns innocence and gets his panties in a wad when someone responds in kind.

another fine example of zappy civility

good job zappa....demand others be civil, but don't be civil yourself....what does that make you?

you could have just admitted you incorrectly read my OP and made a wrong assumption instead of getting pissy and insulting
 
this from the guy who said he wants to be friend and wish i hadn't judged him so harshly and he wants to bury the hatchet and have me give him another chance....

LOL, not only do you act just like legion, you act like maineman as well....

Thankyou Yurt, wish I had met maineman, he sounds like a fine fellow.
 
Funny...

An Op-Ed belongs in the OPINION section...just don't expect Yurt or any other Obama hater to admit as much.

I realize that may be too difficult for you to grasp, but the Herald's front page placement of an Opinion piece demonstrates they aren't interested in unbiased reporting, therefore, they brought this situation on themselves and have no one to blame but themselves.

http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2011/05/18/white-house-bans-boston-herald-from-fundraiser/

Given that op-eds DO run on the front page of many papers AND the idiot at the White House actually EMAILED the Herald as to why it was banned shows that you need to actually read more on the topic rather than simply resorting to apologizing for Obama.
 
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