MSNBC panelist: Obama administration ‘most hostile’ to media

A segement of MSNBC Live over the weekend addressed the spat between the media and the White House over photographers’ access to the activities of President Obama. The complaint is that the president’s handlers are keeping news photographers from key events and instead circulating official photographs — read: cheery! — to the public.

That issue, plus others, prompted veteran reporter Bob Franken to blast the current White House occupant, who promised to deliver massive transparency to Washington. “Every president gets to the point where he dislikes the press,” said Franken...