# White House caught planting a stooge in the press corps

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-caught-planting-a-stooge-in-the-press-corps/289296>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [February 9, 2005, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-caught-planting-a-stooge-in-the-press-corps/289296 "2005-02-09T23:26:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2005, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-caught-planting-a-stooge-in-the-press-corps/289296/181 "2005-02-12T20:08:47Z")

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Where’s the “All mangled and destroyed” option?

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**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2005, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-caught-planting-a-stooge-in-the-press-corps/289296/182 "2005-02-12T20:15:37Z")

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> [@Ukulele Ike](#):
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> Yeesh. I guess the White House gets a free ride again.

They’re getting one on the deal where they were paying pundits, which was probably against the law (covert propoganda), so no surprise here.

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**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2005, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-caught-planting-a-stooge-in-the-press-corps/289296/183 "2005-02-12T22:54:37Z")

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> [@rjung](#):
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> Where’s the “All mangled and destroyed” option?
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Grudge Match go bye-bye. ☹

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**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2005, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-caught-planting-a-stooge-in-the-press-corps/289296/184 "2005-02-14T06:45:00Z")

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Yes, I know. And I bought the book, even. ☹

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