AP: Obama Relies On 'Staged Propaganda Photos'; Ya Think?

IJReview  "Editors of The Associated Press have condemned the White House’s refusal to give photojournalists access to Barack Obama, who prefers, instead, to release pictures taken by his own photographers.
     "Incredibly, the AP has only been permitted to photograph Obama in the Oval Office on two occasions. Both were during his first term. All other pictures of Obama in his office were taken by paid White House photographers and distributed to the press. Here are a few of them for your viewing pleasure:
     "Many of Obama’s staged photos are meant to show us what a normal, compassionate guy he is:"...

 

Sometimes, however, an unauthorized photo gets published:

"By the way, here’s a picture of the Leader of the Free World speaking to a sixth-grade class that didn’t make the Staged Propaganda Photos cut:"