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Tuesday
Jul222008

Andrea Mitchell blasts Obama Iraq trip

It's not every day that a national network correspondent blasts a presidential candidate for staging "fake interviews", but that's exactly what Andrea Mitchell did on Hardball tonight.

In talking about Obama's much hyped trip to Iraq and Afghanistan, Mitchell griped about the lack of press access to the candidate.  "He didn't have reporters with him, have a press pool, or do a press conference, while he was on the ground in either Afghanistan or Iraq.  What you're seeing is not reporters being brought in, but selected pictures taking by the military, and questions by the military -- and some would call fake interviews ... We have not seen a presidential candidate do this in my recollection, ever before."

And later in the interview, in a response to a question from Chris Matthews, a clearly annoyed Mitchell responded  "I can't really say that, being a reporter that wasn't present in any of those situations, i can't report on what was edited out ..  We don't t know what we're seeing.  I have great respect for the military .. but i don't think journalism is the prime thing we recruit them and pay them for."

Them there are fighting words!  I can't remember the last time a network correspondent the stature of Andrea Mitchell lambasted a presidential candidate for their excessive stage-crafting.  It'll be curious to see how this plays out over the next day or two, and if other reporters make similar complaints.  It could become one of the Obama "storylnes" heading into the fall if reporters begin griping about their lack of access.

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