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Apparently, I’m Not Invited

President Barack Obama speaks Friday at the White House about Henry Louis Gates Jr.’s arrest. (Associated Press / The Spokesman-Review)
By D.F. Oliveria daveo@spokesman.com(509) 319-0354
President Barack Obama speaks Friday at the White House about Henry Louis Gates Jr.’s arrest. (Associated Press / The Spokesman-Review)
President Barack Obama speaks Friday at the White House about Henry Louis Gates Jr.’s arrest. (Associated Press / The Spokesman-Review)

Not that anyone would foot the bill to fly me to the beer summit. But I have attended my share of beer summits and feel I could cover the event well. Alas, I’m not invited. And neither are you.

” The upcoming “beer summit” between President Obama, professor Henry Louis Gates, and Sgt. James Crowley is only a few hours away and is getting huge media attention.

And it’s being met with some media disappointment as well. That’s because the press isn’t invited to the conversation and the president doesn’t have plans to talk to the press after the event. This despite the fact that Obama has called the incident and the upcoming conversation as a “teachable moment.” More here: http://features.csmonitor.com/politics/2009/07/30/media-barred-from-obama-beer-summit-reporters-sad/

Should the media have been invited?

* This story was originally published as a post from the blog "Huckleberries Online." Read all stories from this blog