So, is it Warren or isn't it? (re: Fox News disinformation)

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

Just a few hours ago I was reading about the merits of the Warren interim appointment. I come back and now it was a Fox News confus-a-thon?

Hard to keep up.

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False Alarm
David Kurtz | September 14, 2010, 12:23PM

Reports coming in that President Obama will name Elizabeth Warren as interim director of the consumer protection bureau created by the new financial regulatory law.

Late Update: Maybe not so fast. Fox was one of the outlets originally reporting this and has now retracted that report, saying they may have "misheard" White House spokesperson Bill Burton on board Air Force One. Reuters says Burton simply confirmed that Warren is "obviously in the mix."

Later Update: The pool report from Air Force One reads as follows:

on Warren:
no announcements but soon. no confirmation of interim appointment. essentially, nothing new

The Boy Who Cried Wolf Update: White House releases statement knocking down the reports:

Elizabeth Warren has been a stalwart voice for American consumers and families and she was the architect of the idea that became the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The President will have more to say about the agency and its mission soon.Kicking Dead Horse Update: White House pool reporter sends supplement to pool report: "For emphasis: Burton did not say anything new about Warren."

http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2010/09/obama_pick_warren.php?ref=fpblg

[xultar]

1. I don't know. But what I do know is Dodd is on my shit list.

[MannyGoldstein]

2. My guess - someone else will be named to head the thing, but

Warren will get some sort of nice title.

But they need to wait until the currently-appointed interim head finishes staffing the thing.