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Reporter's Rant Provokes White House Ire

By Harry Kimball,  Newser Staff

Posted Feb 20, 2009 6:30 PM CST

(Newser) – The White House struck back at a CNBC reporter today for loudly dissing President Obama's housing proposal on the floor of the Chicago Board of Trade, the Wall Street Journal reports. Rick Santelli’s 5-minute tirade, an Internet hit and apparent paean to conservatives, received...   Read full story »

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