Brian Karem

Brian Karem is an American journalist and White House correspondent for Playboy.[1]

Karem is the Executive Editor of The Montgomery County Sentinel.

He was the 1991 recipient of the National Press Club Freedom of the Press award for refusing to reveal his sources in a story related to the killing of a police officer in Texas.[2][3]

He gained notoriety on June 27, 2017, when he confronted deputy White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders on "inflammatory" comments about the performance of the press while covering President Donald Trump.[4]

This wasn't the first time Karem went head to head with an Administration. In 1992 he was covering an international drug summit in San Antonio, Texas. He asked President Bush to comment on claims the summit was a "joke." President Bush countered that the press should ask questions of the other presidents and not him. Karem persisted until Bush allowed Karem to ask his question to Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari.[5] Karem lost his job at KMOL over his aggressive style of questioning. This act gained him an interview with Sam Donaldson on ABC and a mention from Late Night Host, Jay Leno.[6] On June 14, 2018, Karem once again called out Sarah Huckabee Sanders at a White House Press briefing on the Administration's policy of seizing children from their parents at US border crossings: "Come on, Sarah, you’re a parent! Don’t you have any empathy for what these people are going through?” “They have less than you do. Sarah, come on, seriously."[7]

References

  1. ↑ Phillips, Kristine (2017-06-28). "'I don't like bullies': Reporter explains why he confronted Sarah Huckabee Sanders". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2017-06-28.
  2. ↑ "Before Sarah Huckabee Fight, Brian J. Karem Went to Jail for Sources". TheWrap. 2017-06-27. Retrieved 2017-06-28.
  3. ↑ "U.S. journalists jailed for reporting to gather at National Press Club, 6 pm June 1". National Press Club. 2015-05-14. Retrieved 2017-06-28.
  4. ↑ "Tension continues to flare between White House and media". Retrieved 2017-06-28.
  5. ↑ "American Journalism Review". ajrarchive.org. Retrieved 2017-06-29.
  6. ↑ "Reporter who confronted White House once made waves in San Antonio". San Antonio Express-News. Retrieved 2017-06-29.
  7. ↑ https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/wp/2018/06/14/youre-a-parent-reporter-presses-sarah-huckabee-sanders-on-immigration/?noredirect=on


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