{"id":1816941,"date":"2023-01-20T09:05:27","date_gmt":"2023-01-20T14:05:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1816941"},"modified":"2023-01-20T09:08:37","modified_gmt":"2023-01-20T14:08:37","slug":"wh-reporters-so-fed-up-with-press-sec-even-ones-who-personally-like-her-are-speaking-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wh-reporters-so-fed-up-with-press-sec-even-ones-who-personally-like-her-are-speaking-out\/","title":{"rendered":"WH Reporters So Fed Up with Press Sec Even Ones Who Personally Like Her Are Speaking Out"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwh-reporters-so-fed-up-with-press-sec-even-ones-who-personally-like-her-are-speaking-out%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1816941&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p>When even the White House press corps notices, you know there\u2019s a problem.<\/p>\n<p>The only exception is Fox News Peter Doocy. \u201cjournalists\u201d who\u2019ve spent two years pretending to cover President Joe Biden administration had seemingly\u00a0mastered the art of ignoring the obvious incompetence of the chief executive and the incompetents around him.<\/p>\n<p>Karine Jean-Pierre, White House press secretary seems to have risen above the rest of the blinkered group.<\/p>\n<p>According to a report Wednesday by CNN\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/view.newsletters.cnn.com\/messages\/167410056075147c450b896c9\/raw?utm_term=167410056075147c450b896c9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reliable Sources<\/a>\u201d newsletter \u2014 of all places \u2014 Biden\u2019s press secretary has managed to alienate even the cheering section in the White House briefing room.<\/p>\n<p>They were the same stenographers that acted as love-struck chorus girl for former White House press Secretary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/white-house-reporters-clamor-wish-jen-psaki-happy-birthday-begin-serenading\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jen Psaki<\/a> have never been as entirely rah-rah-and-pom-poms for Jean-Pierre \u2014 despite her being the first black press secretary, as well as the first press secretary to be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/controversy-erupts-public-learns-bidens-new-press-secretary-long-term-relationship-cnn-reporter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">openly lesbian<\/a>. (You can still probably find it). \u201cJen\u201d (circled in hearts in press corps notebooks.<\/p>\n<div id=\"in-article-trending\" class=\"in-article-more inner-content\">\n<p>Trending:<\/p>\n<div class=\"in-article-more-right\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/known-sportscaster-20-years-never-seen-many-stories-young-athletes-dying\/\" data-type=\"Internal link\" data-type-location=\"in-content-trending\">Well-Known Sportscaster: In 20 Years I&#8217;ve Never Seen This Many Stories About Young Athletes Dying<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>But it\u2019s undeniable the press corps likes her. Since Jean-Pierre took over the job in May, she\u2019s been treated with the kind of kid gloves no press secretary serving, say, former President Donald Trump could have dreamed of.<\/p>\n<p>Jean-Pierre\u2019s mannerisms \u2014 like incessantly consulting a binder for answers \u2014 and inaccuracies \u2014 like actually <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-white-house-press-sec-makes-fool-reads-wrong-talking-point-response-question\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reading the wrong answer<\/a> from that same binder \u2014 have gone largely unremarked.<\/p>\n<p>Doocy is the only exception to this rule, and he has a habit of acting like an a. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-kjp-gives-peter-doocy-death-stare-repeats-bidens-question-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">professional reporter<\/a>The press corps has been mostly docile.<\/p>\n<p>But amid the scandal over Biden\u2019s squirreled away classified documents, Jean-Pierre has been flatfooted too many times for even the indulgent liberals of the establishment media assigned to cover for the White House.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\" class=\"one-half\">\n<p>Is Karine Jean-Pierre our worst press secretary?<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results\">\n<p>\nYes: 98% (2211 Votes)\n<\/p>\n<p>\nNo: 2% (35 Votes)\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Und noch mehr \u201cReliable Sources\u201d writer Oliver Darcy records, some are speaking out \u2014 albeit with the understanding that their names aren\u2019t used. (God forbid the American public know who\u2019s actually saying what in Washington.)<\/p>\n<p>Even the binders were noticed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou just get the feeling that you\u2019re wasting your time and whatever is in front of her in the binder is all she is going to say, no matter how many times you ask the question,\u201d Darcy stated that a journalist told him. \u201cIt\u2019s just a painful waste of time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe is arguably the least effective White House press secretary of the television era,\u201d Darcy quoted a correspondent as saying.<\/p>\n<p>(Things aren\u2019t utterly insane, though. Darcy also made a point of noting the exclusion of Trump White House press secretaries by his unnamed interlocutor. Even a dumb, inept Democratic appointee can be better than anyone associated to Trump, despite his memorably successful performances at the podium <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-kayleigh-mcenany-walks-press-briefing-immediately-lists-media-fact-checks-wrong\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kayleigh McEnany<\/a>  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/sarah-sanders-schools-acosta-jumps-defend-democrats-sorry-jim\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sarah Huckabee Sanders<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<div id=\"in-article-related\" class=\"in-article-more inner-content\">\n<p>Related:<\/p>\n<div class=\"in-article-more-right\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/cbs-news-anchors-cant-believe-karine-jean-pierre-attempted-defend-biden-classified-documents-scandal\/\" data-type=\"Internal link\" data-type-location=\"in-content-related\">CBS News Anchors Can&#8217;t Believe How Karine Jean-Pierre Attempted to Defend Biden Over Classified Documents Scandal<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cIn recent days, Jean-Pierre has faced a noticeably vexed White House press corps that is openly revolting against her,\u201d Darcy wrote. \u201cMany of the questions she has fielded have not been about the subject matter, but have centered on her very credibility and how she has performed in the job.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To an eye unindoctrinated by the bias that infects the establishment media, questions about Jean-Pierre\u2019s credibility were obvious from the outset. Her predictable, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-press-secretary-turns-stuttering-mess-asked-bidens-involvement-hunters-business-deals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">amateur partisanship<\/a> Her qualifications for a CNN chair might make her qualified, but she is not qualified to be a spokesperson for all Americans.<\/p>\n<p>She occasionally <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/white-house-press-sec-makes-embarrassing-mistake-3-times-pulls-joe-biden-wh-doctors-transcript\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">jaw-dropping gaffes<\/a> It is clear that her most relevant qualifications are being a lesbian and black woman. (Not necessarily in that order.<\/p>\n<p>But now, the eagle eyes of the nation\u2019s political press are apparently opened to Jean-Pierre\u2019s faults thanks to the classified documents scandal, particularly after Jean-Pierre assured reporters assembled Friday that all the documents that were to be found had been found \u2014 only to have the discovery of more announced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/karine-jean-pierres-talking-point-completely-scuttled-discovery-made-biden-home\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the very next day<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Even worse, those new documents had been found on Thursday \u2014 <em>Before<\/em> Jean-Pierre stated to reporters that there would not be any more.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn Friday, you stood here, though, and were asked about this documents issue, by our count, some 18 times,\u201d Cecilia Vega of ABC News said at Tuesday\u2019s briefing, according to Darcy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt that point, the president\u2019s lawyers had found these five additional pages of classified documents. So, did you not know on Friday that those documents had been found when you were at the podium? Or are you being directed by someone to not be forthcoming on this issue?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Translation: Are You a Liar or an Ignorant?<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s not a great question for a press secretary. It\u2019s the kind of question the Trump press secretaries had to deal with daily \u2014 either explicitly or implicitly \u2014 but it\u2019s new here because the liberals of the White House press corps are hard-wired to go soft-and-cuddly with a Democrat.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe is really liked, personally, but that shouldn\u2019t be an excuse for her competence professionally,\u201d According to one White House scribe, Darcy was told by him.<\/p>\n<p>Jean-Pierre\u2019s problems are unavoidable, even men and women who are being paid largely to overlook them have to face it: And when the White House press corps notices, you know there\u2019s a problem.<\/p>\n<div id=\"author-info-44712\" class=\"author-info inner-content\">\n<div class=\"author-image\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/jsaunders\/\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/static.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Joe-S.-biomug-II-Joe-Saunders-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"image\"   style=\"display:none\"><br \/>\n<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-meta-text\">\n<p>Story Editor<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When even the White House press corps notices, you know there\u2019s a problem. The only exception is Fox News Peter Doocy. \u201cjournalists\u201d who\u2019ve spent two years pretending to cover President Joe Biden administration had seemingly\u00a0mastered the art of ignoring the obvious incompetence of the chief executive and the incompetents around him. Karine Jean-Pierre, White House &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1899600,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[5458,7498,9100,4604,3819,4738,13841],"class_list":["post-1816941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report","tag-bongino","tag-fed","tag-personally","tag-press","tag-report","tag-reporters","tag-speaking"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1816941","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1816941"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1816941\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1899600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1816941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1816941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1816941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}