Journolister who bashed Fox News is on board that determines who gets White House briefing room seat

“That front-row seat is largely symbolic,” he said. “Besides, I don’t find it objectionable whether this guy has an opinion or not. If he thinks Fox is a third rate news outlet, he has a right to that opinion.”

Kevin Smith, president of the Society of Professional Journalists, had a different view, saying that Scherer’s comments about Fox News do raise concerns over whether he can act as an objective judge in the seat assignment process.

“The seat might not matter to the general public, but it does to Fox and Bloomberg [the other front runner for the seat],” he told TheDC. “Scherer’s words create a sense of inappropriateness and impropriety…I don’t think you want somebody with such prejudices making those decisions”

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