Quelle Scandal!

I had reporting in Oct about Vogue being tapped to cover this and I was waved off. Official explanation is that Vogue wasn’t there the day of. Loophole = the family staged a “wedding at the WH” shoot beforehand.

“Private” per @PressSec = not for the White House press corps. https://t.co/TbiuNpR1qV

— Katie Rogers (@katierogers) November 22, 2022

I spent four years covering the Trump WH and two years covering the Biden WH. What’s fascinating is that they both lie, albeit in v different ways. Trump team was shameless, whereas Biden team is too cute by half. https://t.co/AphB967gHE

— Ashley Parker (@AshleyRParker) November 22, 2022

file under, elite national political press is broken https://t.co/oyd2jGbRcg

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) November 22, 2022

Wow I hope Jim Jordan investigates voguegate

— Dave (@daves_000) November 22, 2022

If Twitter goes away, are we going to miss all of this? 🤷🏻‍♂️ 

We cover the small lies politicians tell because they can give way to bigger ones, for folks wondering why this is news. That’s what the press is supposed to do. https://t.co/bxMiLbVOSb

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) November 22, 2022

Um...sure. Can one point out the “press” is suddenly very free with a word that was previously anathema? Especially when the lies were big and extremely important? Are we swinging from a word too dangerous to use to one whose power disappears with too frequent deployment? And wasn’t that the concern in the first place?

6 p.m.: FOX NEWS ALL AMERICAN TREE LIGHTING AT FOX SQUARE

10:40 p.m.: BIDEN WHITE HOUSE JUMPS THE GUN ON CHRISTMAS pic.twitter.com/D3Rq2U8bhE

— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) November 22, 2022

I’m honestly expecting this to be called another “lie” the press must cover. Everyone knows it’s not a “Christmas tree” until Black Friday!

Boy am I happy now that I stuck around this hellsite. Watching these people make entitled jackasses of themselves, and watching them make my entire industry look like a preschool has been awesome. https://t.co/ml3YOIgQa8 pic.twitter.com/23Zcf8Em92

— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) November 22, 2022

This woman is a dope. https://t.co/CRli4WN6FC

— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) November 22, 2022

Harsh but fair.