With the Shirley Sherrod incident the Obama administration over reacted: fearing adverse publicity they pulled the trigger first and then worried about their aim. They may be doing it again in the case of conference costs (the $16 muffins which were reported in the Post earlier this week.). The Washington Post piece includes a reaction from the Hilton Hotels explaining, including this: " In Washington, the contracted breakfast included fresh fruit, coffee,
juice, muffins, tax and gratuity, for an inclusive price of $16 per
person." The Post rather weakly says they relied on the DOJ's OIG report, which cited "$16 muffins"--in the print paper this morning this correction was buried inside on the Federal page.
In Obama's defense, there's a very small window in which to calibrate one's reaction, and the politics of modern media are such it's usually better to shoot first.
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