White
House
Department of
Press Appreciation
Director, Karen Hughes
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Every
now and then the White House press corps goes above and beyond
the call of duty and refrains from reporting a story that would
be absolutely devastating to President Bush's image. We've created
the Dept. of Press Appreciation to thank the press on those occasions. |
Each time the White House press
corps earns 100 treats, Karen flies back to DC to take them all
out to Sushi-Ko. |
Total press treats earned to date:
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4 |
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-- May 28 2024 --
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This story was covered by the prestigious
German magazine Der
Spiegel, but not in the American Press.
Click here to read a translation of the article.
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A little
while ago Bush met with Brazilian President Fernando Henrique
Cardoso. Not far into their first conversation ever, Bush
asked the 71 year old statesman: |
"Do
you have blacks too?" |
Condoleezza
Rice jumped in to save President Cardoso from the embarrassment
of having to answer such a stupid question, informing President
Bush that Brazil was home to more blacks than any country in the
world outside Africa. |
Though
the White House press corps observed the exchange, they exhibited
exemplary self-censorship by completely ignoring the incident.
The story has only appeared in the prestigious German news magazine
Der Spiegel, but not in any U.S. publications. |
If this
story had appeared in the U.S. press it would have exposed the
President's 2nd grade level of general knowledge of
the world. For this we want to say, "Thank you American
journalists!" |
Press treats earned: |
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