Friday, December 19, 2014

An All-Girl Press Conference

Do you recognize the following names: (list from the Washington Post)

  1. Carrie Budoff Brown, Politico
  2. Cheryl Bolen, Bloomberg
  3. Julie Pace, Associated Press
  4. Lesley Clark, McClatchy
  5. Roberta Rampton, Reuters
  6. Colleen M. Nelson, Wall Street Journal
  7. Juliet Eilperin, Washington Post
  8. April Ryan, American Urban Radio
These are the reporters, the *only* reporters, who were called on at President Obama's press conference this afternoon. They're all from print, radio or on-line media (read: not television) and more interestingly, they're all women. 
As I was watching, I figured it must have been planned, which was confirmed by a tweet from CBS reporter Mark Knoller: TV reporters were advised in advance that wanted other reporters not regularly called on to get to question the Pres.
Women really should rule the world!

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