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===Healthcare reform===
===Healthcare reform===
:''Main article:'' [[Obamacare]]
:''Main article:'' [[Obamacare]]
During a [[White House]] Press Conference [[HelNe Thomas]] and Chip Reid of [[CBS]] had a heated exchange with Gibbs over the [[Obama administration]]'s attempts to control media events.
At an “online town hall” Reid asked how there was supposedly questions from the public but the White House which questions it would accept. Reid asked Gibbs, "the concept of a town hall I think is to have a open public forum, and this sounds like a very tightly controlled audience and a list of questions. Why do it that way? Why not open it up to the public?”
Thomas, who has served in the White House Press Corps for over half a century, intervened; “We have never had that in the White House. I’m amazed that you people … call for openness and transparency.” Thomas said the Obama administration was trying to control the media, and that they coordinated questions with the ''[[Huffington Post]]'' at a press conference. Thomas noted, “[Obama's] formal engagements are prepackaged.”
After Gibbs continued to dodge questions, Thomas said, “Of course you would, because you don’t have any answers.” Thomas commented to [[CNS News]] that Obama’s grip on the media is even greater than that of [[Richard Nixon]].<ref>http://www.breitbart.tv/white-house-reporters-grill-gibbs-over-selected-questions-for-obama/</ref>http://stupidcelebrities.net/2009/07/02/helen-thomas-and-chip-reid-challenge-obama-admin-on-controlled-media-video/</ref>
===Jobsgate scandal===
===Jobsgate scandal===