from Breitbart:
In a Friday interview with talk radio host Chris Stigall, former-CBS investigative reporter Sharyl Attkisson explained how the White House can sometimes get questions in advance of the daily briefing. When a reporter asks the White House something, “they will [sometimes] be told ‘ask that at the briefing and we’ll answer it,’” Attkisson explained, adding, “They [The White House] want to answer it in front of everybody. They do know it’s coming and they’ll call on you.”
Attkisson was commenting on a Thursday story about White House Spokesman Jay Carney allegedly telling a reporter (Carney denied saying this) that he receives questions in advance from the White House Press Corps. The Internet immediately blew up with denials and even some sanctimonious indignation from those covering the media.
Attkisson, however, isn’t outing some grand conspiracy but instead lays out a perfectly plausible scenario where the system is gamed in a way that will obviously benefit the White House. If true, she also described this accurately as “coordination” and a “level of cooperation” between reporters and the White House.