Transparency

If this wasn’t so damned pitiful, it’d be funny.

“Later in the afternoon, the President and the First Lady will attend a reception with the National Newspaper Publisher Association in the State Dining Room, where they will be presented the Newsmaker of the Year award. This event is closed press.”

I guess the teleprompter couldn’t be bothered to come up with anything quotable.

Obama White House bars press from press award ceremony