There's a bit of a dogfight going on over the first pooch. Apparently newspaper outlets like the Washington Post are upset because the Christmas video made by Barney, the Presidential First Dog, will be made available to broadcast networks but not media websites.

"The justifications we have been given are that (1) the White House wants to drive 'eyeballs' to the White House site and (2) the White House is concerned that the video might appear 'all over' if it gave it to WashingtonPost.com and other online news sites," [Washington Post's Doug Feaver] wrote last December. "I think you will agree that neither of these attempted justifications is substantial and neither justifies the White House's discrimination against online news sites."