'Asking real questions': ABC News' Jonathan Karl takes squirming Jay Carney 'to the woodshed' [video]

Sarah D. | 4:14 PM on April 30, 2014

After the beating he just got? You bet.

This afternoon, Carney tried to explain away the White House email confirming that the Obama administration sought to blame the Benghazi attacks on a video, rather than on “a broader failure of policy.” Shameless as his lies were, Carney nevertheless hoped they’d do the trick.

https://twitter.com/NoahCRothman/status/461562563093086209

One reporter who wasn’t buying it was ABC News’ chief White House correspondent Jonathan Karl:

https://twitter.com/Matthops82/status/461561348271259648

.@jonkarl taking @PressSec to the woodshed right now.

— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) April 30, 2014

https://twitter.com/Tyler_McNally/status/461562284536766464

And still, Carney resisted:

Jonathan Karl asks Carney if he'd "correct the record" about his earlier lie that the WH changed only 1 word on #Benghazi talking points.

— Pete Kaliner (@PeteKaliner) April 30, 2014

RT @JohnEkdahl: “As far as correcting records go, we can get into that”
Doesn’t get into that.

— Melissa Mackenzie (@MelissaTweets) April 30, 2014

He even tried making Karl look incompetent:

https://twitter.com/NoahCRothman/status/461561931560517633

Accusing a reporter of jet lag is not exactly a position of strength.

— American Journalists Publish Chinese Propaganda (@JohnEkdahl) April 30, 2014

Wow. Carney suggests @jonkarl is too tired to be asking a sensible question.

— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) April 30, 2014

Absolute farce. RT @guypbenson: Wow. Carney suggests @jonkarl is too tired to be asking a sensible question.

— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) April 30, 2014