Speaking out; its a good thing

So in a followup to yesterdays piece, at a press conference by the press secretary Gibbs, Gibbs stated what he 'knew' what Joe Biden 'meant' to say here's the quote: "I understand what he said, and I'm telling you what he meant to say." Ooooooh says all the little people.

"What he meant to say," Gibbs claimed "if somebody is exhibiting symptoms of being sick . . . then they should take all necessary precautions."

"Obviously, if anybody was unduly alarmed for whatever reason, we would apologize for that."

Allow me a little history lesson here is the VPotus actual quote:

"I would not be, at this point -- if they had another way of transportation -- suggesting they ride the subway,"

"I would tell members of my family -- and I have -- that I wouldn't go anywhere in confined spaces right now. It's not just going to Mexico. If you're in a confined aircraft and one person sneezes, it goes all through the aircraft."

Now people are not fools I can read too, those are not nearly even remotely close. To be fair its cannot be easy being the Press Sec, you are constantly on clean-up for gaffs and misquotes, but c'mon now. Thankfully, (and restoring my faith in SOME reporters) ABC news correspondent Jake Tapper had this response for Gibbs,

"With all due respect, I sympathize with you trying to explain the vice president's comments, but that's not even remotely close to what he said. He was asked about if a member of his family..."

GIBBS: Look, I understand what he said, and I'm telling you what he meant to say, which was that... (LAUGHTER BY REPORTERS) ... if somebody is experiencing symptoms -- you heard the president say this last night -- If somebody is feeling sick, if somebody is exhibiting symptoms of being sick, then they should take all necessary precautions. Obviously, if anybody was unduly alarmed for whatever reason, we -- we would apologize for that. And I hope that my remarks and remarks of people at CDC and Secretary Napolitano have appropriately cleared up what he meant to say.

And so my person of the week is Jake Tapper for not being afraid to ask a tough question, and better yet being able to cut through the bs that has become so much a part of reporting these days. Thank you Sir for supporting the principles of the free and independent press.

Monday I will discuss why I think there is so much fluff in reporting now.