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FRANKEN DODGES REPORTER – AGAIN
By Luke Hellier | December 14, 2009
As reported on MDE earlier, several Washington reporters are being snubbed when looking for a comment from Senator Al Franken when he pushes them off onto press secretary Jess McIntosh.
The Washington Times is now reporting they experienced the same treatment:
Recently, while covering the ongoing health care debate in the Senate, I caught up with Mr. Franken and asked him about his opinion on Senator Chuck Grassley’s (R-Iowa) amendment, which would enroll the President, members of Congress, their political advisors, and staff in the public option. I had previously asked Senator John Kerry (D-Mass.) the same question minutes before, to which the northeastern Senator said that he had not fully looked at the entire amendment to be able to respond. Ok.
The Junior Senator from Minnesota, on the other hand, only responded that he would only speak to me, if I set up an interview with him through his press secretary. I asked again, saying I only was asking one question on the amendment and received the same response. This time I got a card from Mr. Franken’s legislative assistant, and the same canned response that I could set up an interview with Mr. Franken through his press secretary.
For the rest of the story with audio click here.
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December 14th, 2009 at 4:09 PM
Congratulations to Franken. We need more elected officials who spend LESS time in front of the camera and more time doing what they were elected to do.
December 23rd, 2009 at 8:50 AM
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