White House Refused to Allow Still Photography at Bush Speech

[Newsjock]

http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003531834

The White House broke with tradition Wednesday night and refused to let photojournalists shoot still pictures of the president at the podium after his prime-time address on the Iraq war.

As a result, newspapers and wire services had little choice but to run low-quality frame grabs from the video of the speech. An official handout photo from the White House, which most news outlets rejected, was the only other option. Caught in a bind on deadline, some newspapers ran the official White House photo with no disclosure that it was provided by the government.

... Dennis Brack, a longtime White House photographer and president of the White House News Photographers Association (WHNPA), calls the limited access "unacceptable" and says it is very unusual for a presidential address to be closed to photographers.

"It's not the first time I'm sure, but it's very infrequent, and I've been around since LBJ's time," Brack says. "The speech was a very historic speech of news value, and they elected to manage it as a public relations function."

[sakabatou]

1. ...

:wtf:

[CrazyOrangeCat]

2. big surprise . . .

. . . somebody's comin' apart at the seams.

[cyclezealot]

30. If we have bush for 2 more years.

maybe we better bring back prohibition. Particularily in DC. Can you imagine a prez on the bottle like the last days of Nixon. And someone as crazy as bush, with his finger on the button. Of course, across the street from the White House, there are crack dealers.

[saigon68]

32. Maybe "dirt bag" can smoke a couple of rocks of crack

[cyclezealot]

55. the guy is so uptight

it just might clear his head.

[NYC Liberal]

67. Prohibition didn't stop Harding from keeping a stockpile of bootleg liquor in the WH

;)

I'm sure Bush wouldn't give a second thought to doing the same. Impeachment is the only way to get this asshole out of power.

[global1]

3. ...And they elected to manage it as a public relations function. - because ....

that's all it was.

[Kikosexy2]

4. Chimpie...

certainly not feeling like Ms. Photogenic last night huh?

[LibDemAlways]

5. More than likely because the speech was prerecorded and

chimpy had already gone to bed by the time it aired. There isn't anything these bastards won't lie about.

[nookiemonster]

15. That's exactly what I thought!!!!!!!!!

Nothing surprises me anymore. It's good to have company..........


:silly:

[xxqqqzme]

25. that was my first thought as well

as soon as he started, I said he isn't live. It just 'smelled' re-play.

[The Wizard]

47. But

does his image appear in a mirror? Blood suckers all. Cheney didn't have any heart attacks. They were just pulling out wood splinters from the stake.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

26. yes

[SusanaMontana41]

28. Yup

I was thinking the same thing.

[eridani]

31. Who was there? Can we ask them what time?

If we are going to make claims like this, they have to be nailed down.

[TankLV]

64. Thank you for your "concern" for "us"...

...but I doubt your "we" is not the same as us DEMOCRATS...

[eridani]

65. If it was prerecorded, let's nail it down

Info shouls be somewhere in the public domain. Then we can be justified in hyping the hell out of it.

[YDogg]

44. I kept wondering why the speech was scheduled for after his bedtime

I think you are right on target.

[jamesinca]

53. That is what I was thinking too

The video tape was of poor quality and since he was not actually there, they could not have a photo-op/press conference afterward.

[colorado_ufo]

54. Quite possible.

Also, although there are a lot of possible reasons for this - including inebriation - it could also be something as mundane as flu. He looked like hell, and pale, and my first thought was that he was ill.

[Atman]

6. No photographers???? The Manchimpian President was high as a kite.

That is very, very strange, and no other valid explanation I can think of. Maybe it wasn't even the library? Maybe he taped it against a blue screen. Remember the sound trouble at the beginning? Hmmmm. Very fishy.

.

[tblue37]

22. Pretaped--because he can't get through a whole speech without flubbing it.

[Eurobabe]

29. Manchimpian Pretzeldent, LMFAO!!!

That's a good one Atman.

[rodeodance]

7. everything is PR to the WH

[Supersedeas]

56. nothing open and honest about this crowd

[wakeme2008]

8. what is bush hiding

:grr:

[pretzel4gore]

9. that's not news.

news is what the busheviks decide it is. so stop whining, brack

[AzDar]

10. Was it live , or was it Chimporex? Hmmmm....

:wtf:

[City Lights]

35. "Chimporex" - LOL!

:rofl: :thumbsup:

[gratuitous]

11. People who hide stuff are usually up to no good

Didn't Bush say something along those lines? And boy, has his administration set all-time records for hiding stuff!

[Virginia Dare]

12. That's it, I'm finally convinced he's cracked...

Bush is in the midst of a complete mental breakdown. Treasonous bastards are protecting him!!

[LiberalFighter]

13. Similar to what the old USSR and China would do.

They allowed only what they wanted broadcast and provided their own photos the way they wanted them portrayed.

[brentspeak]

21. I'm surprised that haven't tried to airbrush out Abramoff's face in the pose-with-Bush pics

[LiberalFighter]

36. That would be like the Egyptian kings who would remove evidence

of some of their predecessors.

[LiberalFighter]

14. If media was smart they would use the WH provided handout...

and deliberately screw up the photo. And make sure that they caption it with "provided by the WH."

[high density]

16. Yeah I wondered why our paper had a screen cap on the front...

This explains it.

[tanyev]

17. k & r

[redacted]

18. Anyone got the official photo?

[bigworld]

48. it's here

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/01/images/20070110-7_g8o0232-745v.html

[AlCzervik]

19. time to fire up the Captain Queeg countdown clock

i think * is actually in worse shape mentally than i suspected.

[Hardrada]

20. Didn't need one. Shrub was delivering the speech as stiff

as a board.

[Tom Joad]

23. low quality ran on SF Chronicle. He looked worse than usual.

[truthisfreedom]

24. Who is forcing bush to send more troops?

What sinister plot has been hatched upon our nation?

[rosesaylavee]

34. Answers: 1. Cheney; 2. Oil profits n/t

[hippiechick]

39. 1 sorta = 2

... although I think rather than oil profits the real "arm twisters" are the arms dealers and the "you blow it up, we (ahem) rebuild it" profiteers.


:hi:

[rosesaylavee]

42. Yes, you're right

those answers are interchangeable.
Cheney=oil profiteers=Halliburton=Cheney=oil profiteers=... etc.

And wouldn't it be great if we were actually rebuilding with all that money being poured into Iraq?

:hi:

[ChicagoRonin]

27. The answer is obvious

He actually recorded his speech from the surface of the MOON!

[liberal N proud]

33. If only we could send him to the moon

And leave him there.

[maxsolomon]

52. mars

surface of MARS

[malaise]

37. They couldn't

It was pre-recorded. Bush is not fooling anyone anymore.

[Botany]

38. Why do "they" add to my conspiracy theory that that it was taped?

Because it sure did seem like there was edit cuts towards the start of his
"speech."

Who shot the video?

bush is already nuttier than a squirrel turd but I think he has really cracked.

[hippiechick]

40. ... why was it the Dems took questions AFTER their rebuttal, but ...

... Shrimpy? :shrug: Why didn't HE take questions?

Oh, wait, that's right - he was home sound asleep - unconcerned - just like he was the night Saddam was hung, and the night after 9/11. Sociopathic Asshat.

[Canuckistanian]

41. Maybe he thought photographers were trying to steal his soul

What's left of it, anyways.

[Theres-a]

49. I was thinking along those line.........Paranoid much,Cuckoobananas?

Alcohol/drug induced paranoia.Even if he was sober during the speech,if he has recently been indulging,the paranoia lingers.

[Massachusetts]

43. Impeach the bastard!

[Roland99]

45. The Administration that perpetually campaigns instead of attempting to govern.

[Javaman]

46. They didn't want evidence of moron* with a drunk on. nt

[LuckyX]

50. I think

his double was speaking, the real Chimp is having plastic surgery so he can run off to meet Ken Lay and Saddam in Paraguay.

[Barrett808]

59. Welcome to DU, Lucky!

:hi:

[The Wielding Truth]

60. Well. I thought * would be on his way soon, but Saddam going nowhere.

[disndat]

66. Love, love this!

Exactly my thoughts, that Lay and Saddam are in a witness protection type program somewhere. I thought I was the only one with this elaborate conspiracy theory. Can't put anything past these lowlifes.

[Javaman]

51. Sad, because he* is a perfect example of still life. nt

[Dinger]

57. MAybe They Did This Because It Was Taped?

I have heard NOTHING of this in the media! Why??????????

[colorado_ufo]

58. HERE'S OUR ANSWER!

This is why the speech was pre-recorded!

We were invading the Iranian consulate!

Who's idea was this - Cheney's? Is this why Bush looked positively stricken?

http://www.spiegel.de/international/0,1518,459083,00.html

(Edited for typo)

[Musty]

61. WH Refused to allow stil photography

I think Zapruder filmed it so there have to be missing frames.

[cassiepriam]

62. There is something very odd about that whole speech.

This is just one more unusual thing.

[TankLV]

63. What's the coke snorting, drunken alcholic lil dictator hiding now...

but I repeat myself...