W.H. Press Sec. Gibbs Takes Ringing Phone From Reporter During Briefing

[sabra]

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[robinlynne]

1. beautifully done Gibbs.

[CC]

2. Good for him.

He has more patience than I would.

[jhrobbins]

16. Really - those guys seem to be taking advantage of his good nature

I cannot remember ever hearing a phone go off under Ari or Tony, et al.

[jkshaw]

3. That was funny!

A circus indeed, with cotton candy down the street.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. Well, that's taking the bull by the horns!

I wonder if there's a rule about having their phones off or on vibrate during press briefings?

Dunno!

[AlbertCat]

18. They need a RULE? C'mon! It's not like it's new technology! One should know! Cut it off!

[nyc 4 Biden]

5. That second guy with the phone was a douche.

[ejbr]

6. Wasn't he?

Good thing I wasn't sitting behind him, I'd have bopped him on the head!

[pauldg0]

14. Probably from....

...Faux.

[JaneQPublic]

9. I believe it was Bill Plante

...of CBS News.

[AlbertCat]

20. His contempt was palpable. I hope he won't be up front anymore.

[ecstatic]

22. +1. What an arrogant ass! nt

[kestrel91316]

7. Good for him. I don't allow ringing phones or buzzing pagers in my

exam room, because they upset my patients and disrupt my client interactions.

[EnviroBat]

8. Gibbs is cool. It's nice to have a Press Secretary that is like-able,

and not a lying sack of crap like the ones we've had to endure the past eight years.

[JDPriestly]

10. There is a judge in the LA Court who has a sign in her courtroom

saying that any cell phone that goes off in her courtroom will be donated to a shelter for battered women. Not a bad idea, huh?

[tomm2thumbs]

11. I don't think Plante will be getting questions answered any longer - old fart

Just line the room with lead already - those douchebags need their cell phones like AIG needs more bailout money

[stlsaxman]

17. If He felt that phone call was more important than JOB HE WAS THERE TO DO-

Plante should have his press pass revoked.

[OswegoAtheist]

19. Or use one of these...

Cell Phone Jammer

Now, I'm not saying that I own or operate one in the United States or within any of the frequencies protected by FCC regulations, but sometimes I want to see a movie in peace....

Oswego "Press 1 for plausible deniability" Atheist

[PatrynXX]

12. Good way to break the tension out there.

;) That was a laugh riot.

[FailureToCommunicate]

13. Well done Mr Gibbs. Sometimes you have to draw a line in the sand. Next time

he should take out a giant clown hammer and smash them -politely- to pieces...
Thanks for posting!

[Poll_Blind]

15. It's humorous to me that someone who considers themselves a professional would...

...be so douche-a-riffic (someone earlier used the word douche, fits perfectly) to leave their phone on in a situation like that. It just implies a casual attitude which is, ya know, maybe a little too casual for the situation. Jeeze.

And Senor Douche Nozzle Supremus Prime there at the end. Man, I was hoping Gibbs was going to smack it outta his hand and I was praying the podium mic would pick it up bouncing across the cement floor.

Damn.

PB

[madamesilverspurs]

21. Plante is lucky

that Helen didn't grab him by the ear and drag him out for a "talking to."

[stlsaxman]

23. Bill Plante can go fuck himself! To diss the press secretary's position like that!?

Flat out rude and uncalled for.

[ljm2002]

24. That second guy needs to get the old heave-ho...

...if he can't respect simple rules of press briefings like this then out he goes.

I've worked in many corporate settings, and once cell phones became the norm, there were always rules about them at meetings. Either you turn it off or you put it on vibrate during the meeting -- and if you must answer it when it vibrates, you go outside to do so.

F*** him! He was contemptible, and in the first row no less. Get rid of him. No ifs ands or buts. If CBS or whoever hired him doesn't like it, let them put someone else in his place.