Aw: Some reporters won't get holiday photo with president they worship

For months, White House staffers have been inundated with calls from reporters asking directly and indirectly if they had scored an invite. And when some reporters found out that they weren’t invited, they called the White House to ask more pointedly if they could be included.

“I’ve been hearing from a lot of our members who haven’t been invited. They’re very upset and confused because they feel they put the time in covering this job, and the Christmas party was something they looked forward to,” said Julie Mason, a White House reporter for the Washington Examiner and a member of the White House Correspondents Association Board…

“Did they not invite many regional reporters? That seems to go against their strategy,” surmised one reporter for a national news organization, who had been invited to Bush White House holiday parties but was not invited to the Obama holiday party. “Or did they only invite regional [reporters] in the states they need.”