Obama Calls Only on Women During Recent Press Conference

For years -- well, really forever -- men have dominated the White House press corps. Helen Thomas (the bane of the right-wing) broke into the male-only WHPC club about a half-century ago. It's been a tough fight for women on the White House beat to get the power and the respect from their gender opposites. A measure of come-uppence occurred on Friday, when President Obama held a news conference at the White House. 44 only called on women for questions; he then left town for Christmas in Hawaii.

The Washington Post carried the story, and the women (including the superb Gwen Ifill) who asked the questions managed to quickly let the world know via their Twitter accounts. Apparently, the President's tactic displeased some media men. Notably, The New York Times' male White House reporter either did not file a story or his editors did not think the article was fit to print. Just to keep matters fair and balanced, the Fox News journalist was predictably PO'd. Ironically, he expressed his grievance on air to Megyn Kelly.