Many people have noted the general discomfort yesterday exhibited by Jay Carney as he twisted himself into contortions while using seemingly inexhaustible obfuscation.
However, what is lesser known was the backstory prior to the “official” briefing.
The originally scheduled White House press briefing was supposed to take place at 12:30pm. However, just before start time, the ABC exclusive report containing the secret Benghazi e-mails hit the wire…. The White House delayed the briefing til 1:45pm and pulled select media in for a closed “off record” briefing.
Then word hit of the “propaganda ‘off the record’ briefing”, and the White House pushed it back further, until 3:15pm… Getting all their Ducks in a row. The Huffington Post reports on the fiasco: (more…)





