White House Pic of the Day of Media Enrages Media

November 22’s White House "Photo of the Day" seems fairly innocuous at first glance. President Obama, in the Oval Office, is surrounded by eight photojournalists as he signs a bill into law. But that particular photo comes courtesy of the White House just one day after 38 news organizations and journalistic institutions, en masse, penned a letter of protest to Press Secretary Jay Carney, asking that the Obama Administration stop simply sending out their own photos and allow more access to photographers and videographers. Some journalists interpreted Nov 22's photo as the White House attempting to sweep the issue under the rug, while others figured it a subliminal "screw you."

(Nov 22)