Fox Isn’t News- But Talking Points Memo Is?

Politico reports that Talking Points Memo is now in the White House Press- not at the invitation of the White House, but at the invitation of the White House Correspondents Association. The question should (but doesn’t) remain: will TPM now be unable to get interviews because of their unsubtle biases?

To be fair, they have a DC bureau and hired a former Washington Times White House reporter, so I guess this makes them a semi-legitimate news source…but it still isn’t good public relations for the White House. Once again, whatever one thinks of the White House vs. Fox News drama- personally, I think it’s bad tactics on the part of the White House, but to call it Nixonian and compare it to dictatorship shutdowns of media is likely intellectually dishonest and certainly over the top- this administration has gotten itself in over its head.