Jay Carney Named New WH Press Secretary

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Jay Carney will now be taking soft the ball questions from the liberal media

The article doe not mention Jay's wife is ABC WH reporter Claire Shipman - a clear conflict of interest for ABC

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Carney, 45, who has served as communications director to Vice President Biden since 2009, spent his earlier career as a reporter, working his way up the hierarchy of Time magazine to become its Washington bureau chief. A Virginia native, he has earned a reputation in both journalism and politics for being smart and engaged - and, in his most recent capacity, for helping eliminate the image of Biden as simply a gaffe machine. While Carney has little experience with the press secretary's job of standing on the podium to face a barrage of reporter questions, he has been on television as a journalist ample times. The White House hopes he may be able to navigate the press corps more easily having come from its ranks.

With Carney's appointment comes a major structural shift: All of the operations of the press and communications shops will move under the control of communications director Dan Pfeiffer. Previously, the press shop had reported to the press secretary. Carney will technically report to Pfeiffer, something of a downgrading of that role, although they are expected to function as equals.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...012707601.html

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in his most recent capacity, for helping eliminate the image of Biden as simply a gaffe machine.

well we know he's a liar based on this

[NightTrain]

Damn!

I was really pulling for Olbermann. That would have completed the circus in the WH.

[Gaffer]

Damn!

I was really pulling for Olbermann. That would have completed the circus in the WH.

you still end up with a carnival. carney = carnival.

[red states rule]

you still end up with a carnival. carney = carnival.

Here are a few exapmes of his "news stories" when we worked for TIME

"The fear that continues to fester about Bush -- as we read about his periodic foreign-policy gaffes and then hear him blithely assert that what he doesn't know he can learn from his advisers--is that at 53 he has the same cavalier attitude toward knowledge that he had at 21: he could learn what he needs to know, but he doesn't seem to think it's worth his time....There was something else jarring about what Bush said [about Israel]. There is no such thing as an 'inter'-ballistic missile. These mistakes may seem minor, but taken together they suggest that Bush is still under water when grappling with foreign- and defense-policy basics." -- Time reporter James Carney playing up Bush gaffes, November 15, 1999.
"As he unveiled his new-look campaign in South Carolina last week, including Oprah-style sessions with citizens and banners heralding him as A REFORMER WITH RESULTS, Bush tore into McCain like a pit bull let loose in a slaughterhouse." -- Time reporter James Carney describing "My Jog With George," February 21, 2000.

"If it sounds as if George Bush is protesting too much, that's because he's got a credibility problem. It's hard enough being the leader of a party that has made headlines by shutting down the government and refusing to add a few quarters to the minimum wage. The Texas Governor also has his own recent past to overcome, including a bruising primary fight that featured him cozying up to the religious right and running a singularly uncompassionate campaign against his opponent, John McCain."
--* Time's James Carney and John F. Dickerson, April 24. 2000.

Read more: http://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/tim...#ixzz1CND1AEia

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^He seems just about partisan enough for the job. We should expect nothing less from much of the media types.

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^He seems just about partisan enough for the job. We should expect nothing less from much of the media types.

Not at all, but will ABC take his wife off her White House beat and not allow her to "report" on the 2012 election?

Probably not since Obama will need all the help he can get to keep his job