Anonymous Briefings Rile White House Press Corps

The White House press corps is fed up with background briefings given by “senior administration officials” whose names can’t be revealed, and journalists are considering a protest, Politico reports. An AP reporter has urged the press to team up against such briefings. But frustrated reporters are still attending them; they can’t afford to be left behind. A CBS reporter called the briefings “arbitrary” and “silly.”

“When people read this anonymous source stuff, they discount it,” said a Clinton administration press secretary. “Anonymous sources to them just become part of the political game in Washington.” (More White House press corps stories.)