If you listened to the democrats in this thread it would be up to "the people" to decide what channel the president is allowed to watch on the Whitehouse TV before he tucks in at night. The reporters asked for a different channel and got exactly what they asked for and his opponents are complaining about them getting getting their way. They're behaving like a bunch of punk brats determined to complain about anything they can.
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This is getting so childish, it is beyond absurd!
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- It wasn't the price of gasoline, Darfur or the rebuilding effort in New Orleans that preoccupied the White House press corps Thursday aboard a flight on Air Force One.
It was what channel they could watch on the White House televisions, Fox or CNN.
They are trying to make an issue out of nothing. I am baffled at all the sniping at Fox News Channel, because of their conservative leanings. Did anyone question previous administrations regarding which channel they had on the AFO?
http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/04/27/whitehouse.fox/index.html
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... is that the WaPo reporter that raised the issue is apparently a frequent guest contributor on various MSNBC programs. He doesn't even want to watch MSNBC 
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VandeHei said that he asked to change the channel to CNN and was told no. He didn't know who told him so it must have been a low-level person.
McClellan resolved it in 18 minutes and said that they could watch any channel they wanted. He said that he had his four TVs on four different channels.
McClellan found the whole thing amusing.
Where's the beef?
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Unfortunately, it should have been a ''non'' news, yet it got reported on CNN. I think they are trying to make an issue of the fact that, the TV is most of the time, tuned to FOX. Big deal. In my house I have FOX on too. When I go to others' homes, I do not tell them what to do. P.S. I really don't believe this guy's story, and I think he wanted to make news, sort of like the NBC reporter (Gregory?) that lashed out at Scott McClellan.
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