red states rule
06-23-2013, 05:12 AM
Jay Carney is the Gabby of Pres Secretary's. I still think Gabby has not answered more questions then Mr Carney has however
Jay Carney doesn’t have an answer for that. He hasn’t discussed that subject with the president. He will refer you to the Department of [insert agency here]. He refuses to speculate on that. He’ll have to get back to you.
But he appreciates the question.
A Yahoo News analysis of the 444 briefings through June 18 that Carney has held since becoming White House press secretary has identified 13 distinct strains in the way he dodges reporters' question. Since Carney held his first daily briefing with reporters (http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2011/02/16/press-briefing-press-secretary-jay-carney-2162011) in the White House Brady Press Briefing Room on Feb. 16, 2011, for example, he’s used some variation of "I don’t have the answer" more than 1,900 times. In 1,383 cases he referred a question to someone else. But will he at least speculate on hypotheticals? No. In fact, he has refused to do so 525 times.
In the following interactive, you can browse all 9,486 of Carney’s most-used responses and verbal crutches.
I don't have the answer (1905 times)
I would refer you to someone else (1383 times)
You already know the answer (1125 times)
Not that I know of (927 times)
I don't want to (588 times)
I won't speculate (525) times
No comment ( 429 times)
I'll get back to you (387 times)
It's a good question (381 times)
See yesterday's non-response (231 times)
The President won't tell me (117 times)
The main function of a White House press secretary is to shape messaging for the administration, which often requires stymieing questions as a form of damage control.
Reporters got several doses of that at Friday's briefing, including a rather repetitive back-and-forth over what kind of aid (arms? weapons? U.S. troops?) America is sending to Syrian rebels (http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/obama-send-more-americans-syria-150835028.html). "We have stepped up our assistance, but I cannot inventory for you the elements of that assistance. And as the president said, I cannot and will not get into some specifics about the assistance that we provide," Carney said.
When pressed further? "We can't comment on specifics around our program."
And further? "I'm simply saying that given the nature of the assistance that we provide, the way in which we implement our assistance ... I can't give you an itemized list or be specific about every single aspect," he said. "I think I've given the answer that I can give."
Reporters also heard many "as you know's," some "I'm not going to's" and several referrals.
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/top-9-486-ways-jay-carney-won-t-104907191.html
Jay Carney doesn’t have an answer for that. He hasn’t discussed that subject with the president. He will refer you to the Department of [insert agency here]. He refuses to speculate on that. He’ll have to get back to you.
But he appreciates the question.
A Yahoo News analysis of the 444 briefings through June 18 that Carney has held since becoming White House press secretary has identified 13 distinct strains in the way he dodges reporters' question. Since Carney held his first daily briefing with reporters (http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2011/02/16/press-briefing-press-secretary-jay-carney-2162011) in the White House Brady Press Briefing Room on Feb. 16, 2011, for example, he’s used some variation of "I don’t have the answer" more than 1,900 times. In 1,383 cases he referred a question to someone else. But will he at least speculate on hypotheticals? No. In fact, he has refused to do so 525 times.
In the following interactive, you can browse all 9,486 of Carney’s most-used responses and verbal crutches.
I don't have the answer (1905 times)
I would refer you to someone else (1383 times)
You already know the answer (1125 times)
Not that I know of (927 times)
I don't want to (588 times)
I won't speculate (525) times
No comment ( 429 times)
I'll get back to you (387 times)
It's a good question (381 times)
See yesterday's non-response (231 times)
The President won't tell me (117 times)
The main function of a White House press secretary is to shape messaging for the administration, which often requires stymieing questions as a form of damage control.
Reporters got several doses of that at Friday's briefing, including a rather repetitive back-and-forth over what kind of aid (arms? weapons? U.S. troops?) America is sending to Syrian rebels (http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/obama-send-more-americans-syria-150835028.html). "We have stepped up our assistance, but I cannot inventory for you the elements of that assistance. And as the president said, I cannot and will not get into some specifics about the assistance that we provide," Carney said.
When pressed further? "We can't comment on specifics around our program."
And further? "I'm simply saying that given the nature of the assistance that we provide, the way in which we implement our assistance ... I can't give you an itemized list or be specific about every single aspect," he said. "I think I've given the answer that I can give."
Reporters also heard many "as you know's," some "I'm not going to's" and several referrals.
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/top-9-486-ways-jay-carney-won-t-104907191.html