May 15 Obama's top national security advisor, Ben Rhodes, says "They report what we tell them"

Rhodes, 38, said in the article that it was easy to shape a favorable impression of the proposed agreement because of the inexperience of many of those covering the issue. “All these newspapers used to have foreign bureaus,” he said. “Now they don’t. They call us to explain to them what’s happening in Moscow and Cairo. Most of the outlets are reporting on world events from Washington. The average reporter we talk to is 27 years old, and their only reporting experience consists of being around political campaigns. That’s a sea change. They literally know nothing.”

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Ben Rhodes, Obama's top advisor on Benghazi



Brother, David Rhodes, Former CBS News Chief--Sharyl's boss