AP beat Fox News for Helen Thomas's WH seat

[nmbluesky]

(CNN) - The Associated Press has won the political version of musical chairs, beating out Fox News, Bloomberg and National Public Radio to win the coveted front row, center seat of the White House briefing room left vacant by Helen Thomas' retirement in June, the White House Correspondents Association announced Sunday.

The change will take effect Monday, the association said.

Fox effectively came in second in the battle - the subject of weeks of speculation on such Inside the Beltway blogs as Politico. The network will move from its current second-row position into AP's former front row seat, while NPR will now move into the second row next to Bloomberg vacated by Fox.

[underpants]

1. Someone explain why they are even in the room

please

[theoldman]

2. How do you expect them to distort the news if they have not heard it.

I know it appears that they make up the entire story. Actually they take the truth and then garble it up for their listeners.

[Arkana]

3. The AP sucks. Still, it's not Fox News.