Politico and WaPo may be eager for a hefty helping of “please-don’t-report-on-this” donuts, but Fox News isn’t interested in being summoned to his glazed charm offensive. Fox joins the Associated Press, New York Times, Huffington Post and CNN in refusing to attend a meeting with Attorney General Eric Holder if it is off the record.
Or as the DNC’s Brad Woodhouse would say, Fox has forfeited its “right to gripe.”
Just announced by Chris- @FoxNews will NOT attend meeting w/ Attorney General Holder if they are off the record.
— FoxNewsSunday (@FoxNewsSunday) May 30, 2013
Fox News will not attend off-record talks with Holder http://t.co/sHcjSKU6U0
— Fox News Politics (@foxnewspolitics) May 30, 2013
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Fox News joined several other major media outlets Thursday in refusing to send a representative to a meeting with Attorney General Eric Holder on the department’s surveillance of reporters if Holder continues to insist that the session be off the record.
Michael Clemente, Fox News’ executive vice president, decided that Fox News will not attend the off-record talks. Fox News had been invited to a Friday session at the Department of Justice headquarters in Washington.
Fox news reporting that Fox will not participate in AG's dog and pony show if meeting is to be "off the record." Not playing "cover-up"
— Carol Macht (@carolmacht) May 30, 2013
Of course, sending James Rosen, the Fox journalist targeted by the DOJ, would have been kinda fun.
Fox should send James Rosen to Holders super-secret meeting.@AceofSpadesHQ
— Arthur Kimes (@ComradeArthur) May 30, 2013
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@JonahNRO says on Fox: I'd have given my invitation for OTR meeting with Holder to James Rosen, send him as my proxy. "That'd be fun."
— Jim Lakely (@jlakely) May 30, 2013
I think ONLY FoxNews should go to the mtg w/ Atty Gen Holder and James Rosen should be our representative-would be funny (great photo!)
— Greta Van Susteren (@greta) May 30, 2013
Maybe Fox should make James Rosen Bureau Chief for the day! "So General Holder exactly why did you say you didn't know anything?"
— ?? ERIC BOLLING ?? (@ericbolling) May 30, 2013
Heh:
@GabiRyan1990 @ericbolling @foxnews Only for one day??
— James Rosen (@JamesRosenTV) May 30, 2013
Greta Van Susteren weighs in:
how can it be transparent if Obama Admin wants the mtg behind closed doors w/media – sounds more like a conspiracy to hide from Am people
— Greta Van Susteren (@greta) May 30, 2013
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