Press Double-Standard: Media Howled When Reporter Interrupted Obama

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Karem’s sudden fame tracked almost exactly with the kind of grandstanding episodes Spicer described June 21 on “The Laura Ingraham Show.”

Trump’s press secretary said many reporters like the cameras on because it creates opportunity to become “YouTube” stars. Blasting the president and his staff is good for business, good for social media, and good for clicks on liberal-leaning sites.

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Munro, now at Breitbart, declined to be interviewed by LifeZette.

Byers, now CNN’s media reporter, did not respond to an email about why he brought up the Rose Garden incident three years later, in the 2015 story.

The contrasting reactions to the incidents raise a question: What could the possible motive for the outrage at Munro be, while many of the same people and groups now practically lionize Acosta and Karem for interrupting White House officials?

One media analyst noted Trump is a Republican. Obama is a Democrat.

“Quick answer: Depends on whom you’re heckling,” said Tim Graham, research director for the conservative-leaning Media Research Center. “Trump apparently deserves it. To heckle Obama is unhelpful and racist.”[lz_pagination]