IRONY-METER SHATTERS: Press Banned From Revealing Details of Eric Holder's Press Briefing on His Abuse of Press Freedom

You can't make this s*** up.

Sean Higgins thinks this Washington Post "report" on Eric Holder's widely-boycotted confab with journalists is "beyond parody."  Yeah, pretty much:

Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. pledged Thursday to take concrete steps to address concerns that the Justice Department has overreached in its leak investigations and said officials would seek procedural and possibly legislative changes to protect journalists’ First Amendment rights. Holder’s commitment came at a private meeting with news executives after criticism that the Justice Department had infringed on the news media in several high-profile leak investigations. Participants said he told them officials would revise guidelines for issuing subpoenas to obtain reporters’ phone records. The 90-minute meeting was attended by a small group of journalists after several news organizations objected to the Justice Department’s insistence that it be held off the record. The participants, however, reached an agreement with the Justice Department under which they could describe what occurred during the meeting in general terms...

Eric Holder pledged to take "concrete steps" to address the actions of Eric Holder -- up to and (possibly) including backing legislative action that would curtail Eric Holder's ability to abuse Eric Holder's power...  


Direct quotes would be priceless here, but those weren't allowed, of course...

Holder and aides “completely endorsed the president’s statement that reporters should not be at legal risk for doing their job,” said Martin Baron, The Washington Post’s executive editor, who was among the participants. “They acknowledged the need for changes in their own guidelines and the need to have a more rigorous internal review.”

Reassuringly, Eric Holder has "completely endorsed" a principle that Eric Holder has already explicitly violated.  How many times has Eric Holder done so?  Eric Holder can't quite say.  Click through to witness the pitiful spectacle of journalists quoting each other and vaguely discussing a meeting they've been barred from describing in any detail.

And if a member of the press actually reveals some of the secret details of Holder's press briefing -- in which the A.G. promised he wouldn't target the press -- will that person now be targeted by Holder?

The hypocrisy of this administration -- and the stupidity of the five-years-late-to-the-party vintage media -- are breathtaking.


Hat tips: BadBlue News and Daryl Cagle, PoliticalCartoons.com.