It might seem like Hillary Clinton’s emails are the biggest story in the world right now, but prior to this week, there was an even greater threat to humanity than a MacGyvered-up Hotmail account, and it was called ISIS. This week, Iraqi forces have been conducting an assault on ISIS-held Tikrit, hometown of late Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein. You might not have heard much about it, because remember how the White House press spent the week making 231 references to Hillary Clinton’s email? Well, there was exactly one question asked about the assault on Tikrit.
When I was at the White House this week, I had extensive discussions with officials on the operation in Tikrit, but didn’t get the chance to ask about it during the daily briefings. On Wednesday, CBS News Chief White House Correspondent Major Garrett asked Press Secretary Josh Earnest about Tikrit, and also noted the absence of any other interest in this story. “There’s been something going on Tikrit in the last three or four days we haven’t had a chance to ask you about,” he said, before asking Earnest about the offensive.
Earnest was obviously well-prepared for the question, answering at length about the operation, and the followup on the expected upcoming operation in Mosul…READ MORE
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Tommy Christopher is The Daily Banter's White House Correspondent and Political Analyst. He's been a political reporter and liberal commentator since 2007, and has covered the White House since the beginning of the Obama administration, first for PoliticsDaily, and then for Mediaite. Christopher is a frequent guest on a variety of television, radio, and online programs, and was the villain in the documentaries The Audacity of Democracy and Hating Breitbart. He's also That Guy Who Live-Tweeted His Own Heart Attack, and the only person to have ever received public apologies from both Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck.
tracey marie March 5th, 2015 at 20:07
Good! All the diffrent countries and regimes should be fighting this fight, the right will go into denial because they swear ISIS is accepted by all Muslims
allison1050 March 6th, 2015 at 17:35
Well thank goodness for Major Garrett for asking a real question of substance. I have given up listening to MSNBC for the most part since I’m tired of the non story regarding emails that don’t really matter in my life.