ABC's Bill Weir Is Smitten by 'Fashionable,' 'Vivacious,' 'Telegenic

April 12th, 2011 4:48 PM
Nightline co-anchor Bill Weir on Monday couldn't help but fawn over former Obama White House social Secretary Desiree Rogers, lauding her as a "fashionable, vivacious, interesting, telegenic person in a town with not a lot of that, frankly." The journalist failed to offer much in the way of tough questions. Regarding the 2009 fiasco of having Michaele and Tareq Salahi crash a state dinner…

Embarrassed Obama White House Social Secretary Lands Position Running

August 10th, 2010 11:53 PM
A second Obama administration veteran has landed in a media firm’s executive suite. Two months after ObamaCare’s chief propagandist, ex-ABC and CBS correspondent Linda Douglass, became Vice President of the Atlantic Media Company, Michael Calderone reported Tuesday afternoon on “The Upshot” Yahoo News blog: Former White House social secretary Desirée Rogers has been named chief executive of…

WaPo's Robin Givhan Delights in Michelle Obama's Fashions, Tells Carri

December 21st, 2009 11:46 PM
The Sunday Arts & Style section of The Washington Post offered the paper’s pronouncements on "The Best and Worst of 2009." The most noteworthy list came on Fashion from Post fashion writer Robin Givhan. It might seem shocking that both Michelle Obama and her social secretary Desiree Rogers ended up on the Worst list. What’s more shocking is that they’re mentioned on the Best list, too – six…

Heckuva Job, Desiree: N.Y. Times Downplays 'Non-Religious Christmas' P

December 8th, 2009 3:26 PM

White House's Gibbs Talks Down to Reporter, Dismissing Her Gate-crashe

December 3rd, 2009 5:33 PM
Yesterday at the daily White House press briefing, press secretary Robert Gibbs talked down to reporter April Ryan of American Urban Radio Networks (AURN), a  journalist with nearly a quarter-century of experience.Ryan was pressing Gibbs over whether Desiree Rogers, the White House social secretary, essentially "invited herself" to last week's state dinner in honor of the Indian Prime Minister.…

ABC and NBC Grill Obama Official On Security Breach, CBS Takes A Pass

December 3rd, 2009 5:14 PM
While ABC’s Good Morning America and NBC’s Today questioned Obama White House senior advisor Valerie Jarrett on the breach of security at last week’s state dinner, her appearance was conspicuously absent from the CBS Early Show on Thursday. The CBS morning show has made a consistent effort to downplay the administration’s role in party crashing scandal.On Good Morning America, co-host Robin…

Vieira Coos Obama's Social Secretary Doing 'Fantastic' Job

March 17th, 2009 5:40 PM
NBC's Meredith Vieira was so excited about White House social secretary Desiree Rogers' decision to honor St. Patrick's Day by having the White House fountain spray green water, that she exclaimed: "You're doing a fantastic job." But if the new social secretary, indeed, was doing such a "fantastic" job where was she when the decision was made to give the British Prime Minister Gordon Brown the…