Bloggers Differ on Merits of HuffPo Question

By John Johnson, Newser Staff

Posted Jun 23, 2009 7:25 PM CDT

(Newser) – Michael Calderone of Politico suggests that the Huffington Post and the White House got a little too cozy today before President Obama's press conference. "In what appeared to be a coordinated exchange," Obama called on HuffPo reporter Nico Pitney for a question on... Read full story »

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