Todd: Obama Administration ‘Very Controlling’ and ‘Selectively Secretive’

Todd: The Obama Administration Is ‘Very Controlling’ (Washington Free Beacon)

Chuck Todd, Chief White House Correspondent for NBC News, called the Obama White House “very controlling” and “selectively secretive” Friday morning on MSNBC’s Morning Joe.

Joe Scarborough noted that there is “a great frustration” amongst White House reporters because of the White House’s seemingly “openly contemptuous” (attitude) towards them.

Todd confirmed Scarborough’s remarks, saying: “They’re just very controlling… it is amazing to me that this White House does get obsessed when something ‘leaks’. They seem to be sometimes more worried ‘Well, who did it?’, ‘How did this get out?’, rather than dealing with the story itself…”

He added that the White House often takes advantage of technology to go around the press “in a way that we’ve never seen any other White House do…”