Obama press award ceremony closed to the press?

For real?

Apparently, for real:

The president is to receive the award from the federation of black community newspapers in a White House ceremony this afternoon.

The Obama White House has closed the press award ceremony to the press.


If you’re wondering why, Weasel Zippers found the reason:

Stories of the event, Earnest says, will be published in African-American community newspapers across the country and in that sense the event will be “covered.” But the White House says the National Newspaper Publishers Association is giving the award to the president and is therefore being given its own event because of its historical focus on African American issues.

I have to say, this just isn’t President Barack Obama’s week.

Crossposted to RedState.

4 thoughts on “Obama press award ceremony closed to the press?”

  1. Yeah I was wondering when you would get to this, I first saw it over at Hot Air. Have to say this brings back my history classes on the beings of facism at secondary school.

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