Gibbs Dodges Question On Why CBS Reporter Was Threatened With Arrest By BP
White House press secretary Robert Gibbs was asked about a confrontation that took place between CBS News and the US Coast Guard/BP earlier this week.
A CBS correspondent embedded in Louisiana reporting on the oil spill was flanked by the Coast Guard (on a boat with several BP contractors). CBS was told to leave. The Coast Guard said "this is BP's rules, it's not ours." The reporter was told if she and her camera crew did not leave they would be arrested.
Gibbs wouldn't answer questions relating to the incident, citing "I'd have to look into" it.
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