"Fishbowl DC" Tries again for "White House Press Pass" ala Jimmy/Jeff!

WH Gaggle Watch: Day Two

Day two, strike two. If you're joining this story in progress, a brief update: Last week we came up with the idea of reporting on the White House's morning gaggle where Jim "Jeff Gannon" Guckert suddenly got so famous a month ago. We've been trying since Monday to get one of the "easy and available" day passes that allowed Gannon access for two years. No such luck.

On the up side, we seem to be getting stonewalled at a higher level than before. When we tried calling the White House Press Office this morning a very non-perky young woman told us: "Oh, if you're with Fishbowl D.C. you need to talk directly to Media Affairs." We never even got a chance to explain what Fishbowl was! At least yesterday morning the Press Office people were polite and helpful.

Full daily report, including your daily dose of Jenny and Caroline, after the jump. Yesterday's first installment is here.

Day Two

After striking out in person yesterday morning, we turned back to working the phones.

Midday we made the first call of the day: We spoke with intern Caroline and politely gave all of the same information we've given before. Since the Press Office at least had been nice enough to reject access rather than simply not returning calls, we asked whether we should try to go through them again. Caroline informed us that all day passes have to go through Media Affairs. She promised someone would get back to us.

More here...........
://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlDC/west_wing_reportage/wh_gaggle_watch_day_two_19071.asp

I remember thinking about how great it would be should someone try this a few weeks back.

Glad to see someone is giving it a try.

Now if only someone in the corporate media would publicize your efforts.

I know...no need to hold your breath.