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RUSH: So yesterday we had the local infobabe from Phoenix. Here name was Catherine Anaya, and she let the cat out of the bag in a huge way. She essentially said that when she talked to Jay Carney, Jay Carney said, “Oh, yeah, reporters give me questions in advance, I\u2019m able to find the answers, and then I give them the answers in advance.” She reported this. A major hubbub resulted.<\/p>\n

Wherein, I said on this program about 12:30, about halfway into the first hour<\/a>, “I\u2019m gonna predict by one o\u2019clock Eastern time, maybe two o\u2019clock, this woman\u2019s mind will be made right. They will pressure her and pressure her, and she will say that she got it wrong, that she misunderstood. They are going to show her her career hanging in the balance on how she handles this, because they can\u2019t let this stand.” <\/p>\n

They cannot let it stand that there is this kind of not just cooperation, but coordination and collaboration between the Drive-Bys in the White House press corps and the Regime. They cannot let the idea they submit their questions in advance so that Carney knows what they are and is able to get the answers and make it look like he\u2019s really brilliant, when he may not have the slightest clue unless he gets the questions in advance. <\/p>\n

I wasn\u2019t the only one, of course, that knew this was going to happen. There were maybe a couple of others. So let\u2019s go back. Let\u2019s review what she said the first time. This was Wednesday night in Phoenix, KPHO-TV, news at five, Eyeball News. Catherine Anaya is speaking with the co-anchor Adam Longo about her interview with Obama. It\u2019s Local Media Day, a big day for these local affiliate people.<\/line><\/p>\n

I mean, it is a big day. This is a day that\u2019s a highlight of their career, and it could be a day that gives them a big career bounce. It is a huge thing, and you go up there, you get four minutes with Obama, you get an interview with Carney in the press office, it\u2019s a huge deal. She was so excited. And her co-anchor said, “So you were there all day, Catherine. You started the day with key members of the president\u2019s staff. Tell us about it.”<\/p>\n

ANAYA: We started here shortly after eight o\u2019clock with a coffee with press secretary Jay Carney, and this was off the record. He showed us a very long list of items that he has to be well versed on every single day. Um, and then he also mentioned that, um, a lot of times, unless it\u2019s something breaking, the questions that the reporters actually asked were the correspondents\u2019, they were provided him in advance. So then he knows what he\u2019s going to be answering, and sometimes those correspondents and reporters also have those answers printed in front of them. Because, of course, it helps when they\u2019re producing their reports for later on. So that was very interesting.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Yeah! I\u2019ll bet it was. Now, when you hear that, she didn\u2019t get anything wrong. She didn\u2019t make anything up. She\u2019s too excited to get it wrong, folks. She wants to make an impression. She\u2019s trying to impress these people. It\u2019s the name of the game. And she was very specific. She did not get anything wrong. And she said it was “off the record,” a long list of items he has to be well versed on.<\/p>\n

He mentioned a lot of times that, unless it\u2019s breaking, the questions the reporters ask are provided to him in advance so that he knows what to say. As though, “That\u2019s really cool! Man, I wish we could do that in Phoenix. That is really cool.” Well, it wasn\u2019t gonna last. Ed Henry of Fox tweeted (paraphrased), “Hey, this not true. At least, it\u2019s not true for me. I never submit questions in advance.” <\/p>\n

The people at Politico did the same, but there wasn\u2019t a lot of publicly expressed outrage by other Drive-Bys. And it was only a matter of time, \u2019cause they can\u2019t let this stand. See, I believe her. I think it totally happens. This is why… I don\u2019t want to repeat myself from yesterday, but, you know, Dylan Byers at The Politico is all upset that the media is upset that Michelle didn\u2019t take any media with her to China<\/a>. <\/p>\n

I said, “They know you\u2019re not gonna turn on \u2019em. They can do anything they want. They know they own you; they have you in the palms of their hands. You\u2019ve already given away any independence that you might have thought you had. You\u2019re on the team, they know you\u2019re on the team, and they also know that no matter how much they disrespect you, you\u2019re never gonna turn on \u2019em. <\/p>\n

“He\u2019s the first black president. He\u2019s a leftist. He\u2019s a leader of the Democrats. You hate the Republicans. You\u2019re never gonna turn on Obama. You\u2019re never gonna turn on Michelle. It doesn\u2019t matter. So if she doesn\u2019t want you hassling her while she\u2019s with the ChiComs doing who knows what, tough toenails, \u2019cause you\u2019re not going.” <\/p>\n

What are you gonna do about it? Write a little piece and talk about how they\u2019re not transparent? Big whoop! Think they care? So I have no doubt that Catherine Anaya was telling the truth. Well, now the UK Daily Mail, the headline: “‘My Mistake and I Own Up to It\u2019: Phoenix Reporter Reverses Course, Says White House Press Secretary Jay Carney Doesn\u2019t Get Daily Briefing Questions in Advance —<\/p>\n

<\/a>“The Phoenix reporter at the center of a quick-drying controversy admitted she got the whole thing wrong. Phoenix news anchor Catherine Anaya reported Wednesday night on KPHO-TV5 that in an ‘off the record\u2019 meeting, Carney had told a handful of local TV reporters that White House correspondents often tell him before daily briefings what they\u2019ll be asking…<\/p>\n

“By mid-afternoon Anaya,” just shortly after I predicted it would happen, “fresh off a Washington-to-Phoenix flight, walked parts of her story back in an e-mail to MailOnline” in the UK. But she insisted that she herself was asked to submit a question in advance for Carney on Wednesday afternoon. ‘As a local journalist I had no issue providing my proposed question in advance,\u2019 she told MailOnline, ‘because I wanted to make sure it was an appropriate question for a national briefing and I wanted to make sure it was appropriate for Mr. Carney.”<\/p>\n

Do you…? I didn\u2019t mind submitting my question in advance \u2019cause I wanted his approval. I wanted to make sure my question was appropriate. I wanted to make sure my question was asking him to comment on something that wouldn\u2019t violate national security. I wanted to make sure I wasn\u2019t asking him a tough question that might be embarrass him. I wanted his approval. Oh, my Lord! They\u2019re probably taught this stuff now. Who knows? Anyway, we have Catherine Anaya now back on her own air in Phoenix, back on CBS 5 Eyeball News at 10 on KPHO-TV. This, ladies and gentlemen, is what you call a hostage video.<\/p>\n

ANAYA: I was speaking off the cuff and unscripted, and in the process, I made two major mistakes. I reported an off-the-record conversation, and what I reported was not accurate. I took a conversation about the preparation for a press briefing, and I muddied it with my own experience of wanting to provide a question for the press briefing. I incorrectly applied the process to everyone. That was wrong, and it was bad reporting. The White House never asked for my questions in advance and never instructed me on what to ask. I did not attribute or report factually last night, and for that I deeply apologize.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Man, did they make her walk it back! Wow. They made her basically say she is the most unqualified, incompetent reporter ever to set foot in the White House. She had to walk the plank! I mean, if I didn\u2019t know better, there would be two Al-Qaeda guys standing next to her holding long knives. Man! So her excuse now is, she admits she submitted her question in advance \u2019cause she wanted Carney\u2019s approval. <\/p>\n