Fox White House correspondent walks out on Huckabee Sanders and takes parting shot

[demmiblue]

Source: Raw Story

It looks like even Fox News correspondents are fed up with the White House press shop’s no-video policy.

According to the New York Times‘ Maggie Haberman, Fox’s White House correspondent John Roberts left Tuesday’s press briefing in a huff — and when Deputy Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders called him out from the podium, he clapped back.

“[Roberts] leaves briefing early,” Haberman tweeted. “Sanders notes it from podium. He calls back, ‘If it was on camera, I might not be.’ Ooohs.”

Haberman wasn’t the only reporter at the briefing who took notice.

BuzzFeed News’ correspondent Adrian Carrasquillo tweeted that Sanders cited Roberts “boredom” as the reason for his early exit.

Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/2017/07/fox-white-house-correspondent-walks-out-on-huckabee-sanders-and-takes-parting-shot/

Link to tweet

[kentuck]

1. This is what we need in order to turn the tide on the lies.

Good for him!

[RestoreAmerica2020]

29. MSM GET SOME GANAS ! Stage a walkout, boycott ...

ATTENTION! All media persons present at daily presser get up and leave NOW! Write daily lede "as usual, nothing from the know nothings" full stop.

*ganas ( Spanish New Mexican colloquialism and/or slang for get some f*kn Juevos(balls! (Mens genitalia so to speak; wherewithall; do something for christ-sake!).)

[PatSeg]

38. Or show up

and not ask any questions. Maybe just sit there looking at their smart phones and yawning.

[lovemydogs]

2. Too bad the rest of them did not have the balls to do the same

[chia]

3. Wish they'd all walk out...

[Eliot Rosewater]

4. An illegal election installed a traitor working for our enemy, who is a dictator and

who does not want the press finding out what they are doing.

Not one word I just typed is an exaggeration, let alone untrue.

[FailureToCommunicate]

15. +1!

[LittleGirl]

17. Bravo! n/t

[drmeow]

5. They should all just refuse to show up at all eom

[leftyladyfrommo]

6. I wish they would.

That would be so good.

[blaze]

12. What if they *did* all walk out?

Wouldn't PINO just say, "Good! Now we don't have to have press conferences anymore."

[Sunlei]

34. Our Free Press has to push back much harder! Every one of them should use cameras!

[gratuitous]

7. Here's a crazy thought

Why not set up your cameras and turn them on, O fearless media defenders of the First Amendment? You're not being allowed to cover this shitshow, why not have a reason for telling the White House it can fuck off?

[SDJay]

11. Agreed. What Are They Going To Do?

Miss Hateful will either walk off the podium, which would be hilarious, or they'd try to make these folks turn off their cameras or leave the briefing room. That'd be golden video as well.

Force these fuckers to stand behind their bluster and put actions behind their awful words.

[Beartracks]

14. And no matter what happens, they get it all on camera! n/t

[volstork]

13. Absolutely.

The NYT and WaPo need to lead this charge. WaPo needs to live up to its tag line: "Democracy Dies in Darkness." Walk the walk, guys and gals...

[Sunlei]

33. exactly put cell phones in pockets recording. what are they going to do?

[ProudLib72]

8. From Fox???!!!!!

Holy shit! A reporter from the state run news program gets pissed enough to leave. What's wrong with CNN, MSNBC, CBS, etc?

[LuckyLib]

16. John Roberts was actually a real live journalist for both CNN and CBS. Then he defected

for the sleazy side of the street, Faux. He must be getting tired of the BS -- more should join him.

[ProudLib72]

18. Even so

You would think he would be under strict orders to stay. I wonder what the execs are going to tell him.

[luvtheGWN]

22. And before that, he was a radio disc jockey in Toronto.

I was disgusted with him for going to Fox --- now, maybe not so much!

[calimary]

25. Welcome to DU, luvtheGWN!

Another DJ makes good!

I remember at the beginning of my career, trying to decide between being a rock jock and the "news chick". My heart said go for the deejay opportunities (which were few and VERY far between), but my head said to think long-term: "meh - seems like it might be easier to be a 53-year-old newsperson than a 53-year-old disc jockey."

Head over heart, every time (at least that's what's always worked out best for me).

[DAMANgoldberg]

30. His significant other/partner is a CNNer

@cnnkyra. He had some notoriety during the confirmation hearings of Chief Justice John Roberts. That is the only link I could find to the direct story; I do remember watching it, however.

[MiddleClass]

9. How much crap can they keep taking

I'm very surprised. It was Fox news, pretty bad when your ally is the first to snap,

that'll give the rest pause, and hopefully do likewise

[Gabi Hayes]

10. I love Maggie

She brooks no bs from the toadies like Jason miller, Jeffrey Lord, or Georgia Jack

[George II]

19. I wish they'd all get up together and march out.

[whathehell]

21. Yeah, it's what they should do. n/t

[sharedvalues]

20. Fox news walks, NYT stays? Shame on you, Haberman

Maggie Haberman is all about nicey-nice friendly stories normalizing the president.
Show some backbone and show us you're a real journalist, Maggie. Walk out.

[calimary]

23. Now THERE'S something I praise the Fox guy for.

The whole damn room should get up and walk out next time.

[Paladin]

24. I love how the trump admin. seems to be coming apart by the day.

May it continue, until it is no more.

[mr_lebowski]

27. Given Trump as a human being has not EARNED himself any friends, let alone close friends ...

And he's 'respected' by roughly ... uh ... nobody, which in turn mean nobody in his 'administration' (other than perhaps Jar Jar) is working with him out of either a sense of friendship/love, NOR simply by virtue of mutual respect. And almost none of them are actually 'qualified' for the positions.

Ergo,the group that the Media normalizes by calling it 'The Trump Administration' is really just a collection of seedy, self-serving, back-stabbing, overly-ambitious SNAKES ... in sycophants clothing ... none of which have any actual 'love' for their boss. They're just paid to 'do a job' and they attempt to do so for the most part, but their hearts are NOT really 'in it'. I'm sure they snicker about Shart-Boy behind his back, many times, every day. No question in my mind.

It's really stretching credibility to to refer to this little 'outfit' TrumpBannon have set up ... as anything so lofty as a 'Presidential Administration'. It's not really anything of the sort. It's much more like a Mafia 'Family'.

[blueinredohio]

26. They all need to do that

don't even show up for pressers until they start televising them. Trump's minions are laughing their asses off b/c journalists begging for tid bits

[BannonsLiver]

28. The print folks don't need the cameras

This is aimed at mind fucking CNN and MSNBC. Fox is collateral damage.

[Sunlei]

31. make cartoon characters so fox viewers have more then words! HERE REPUBLICANS-a fox VIDIO 4 U!

[LongTomH]

32. "You can leave in a huff. If that's too soon, you can leave in a minute and a huff"

Groucho Marx, Duck Soup

When Faux Nooze bails on you, you know you're going downhill fast!!!!

[Dopers_Greed]

35. You built this, Fox

[SHRED]

36. They need to film it anyway

Get this administration physically attacking the cameras and kicking the press out...get that on video for the world to see.

[Pluvious]

37. It's all due to the SNL mocking skits - poor widdle snowflakes

The WH figured if they stopped access to the original visuals,
they'd block the SNL source material and end the weekly hilarity.

#sad

But...

Can ya just imagine what SNL could do with Putin's Pee Pee blackmail video ?!!

The foul reign of Orange Julius Caesar would at last reach its inevitable, ignoble end.

#ReleaseTheTape !

[Ilsa]

39. Morning Joe covered it too, I think. nt