Pavlich: The W.H. Press Corps Has Lost Their Credibility for Attacks on John Kelly

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SMITH: "Let’s talk about some of those facts that she is challenged on. Because she was challenged for telling reporters that it would be highly inappropriate to question General John Kelly, a retired four star marine general. She then had to clarify her comments by saying what she meant was that the media shouldn’t be impugning his character. So it is like they take some of the words from this White House and make them out to be something else. They have to then go back and clarify and then they are labeled as being incorrect."
PAVLICH: "Look, the press has a responsibility to hold the government accountable and as Sarah mentioned there is going to be that tension. The problem is, because the White House press corps has applied their responsibility uniquely depending on the administration, they have lost their credibility. When it comes to General John Kelly the press has set their own standard. They have said honorably that you should not go after gold star families. End of story, period. Well guess what? General John Kelly is a gold star father and for some reason it’s OK for them to go after his character to launch a character assassination on him when they set their own standard of keeping that out of bounds as it should be. So that is also where they lose a lot of credibility. They are allowed to question him. He is the chief of staff. But when they go after his personality and accuse him of things like racism for using a term he used throughout the presidency, that is a problem."