One simple truth to be learned from the above video: Always allow a progressive to argue with a conservative. A conservative comes to an argument armed with facts while progressives come to the argument with excuses and lots of “errr..ummm…uhhh”.

Fox News and Bloomberg News are both making their case for taking over the front-row White House briefing room seat vacated by the retirement of longtime Washington journalist Helen Thomas.

Last week the Insider Report disclosed that Fox had the inside track for the seat, because CNN White House correspondent Ed Henry, one of three officers of the White House Correspondents Association (WHCA), reportedly said he would vote for Fox News.

But now Bloomberg has entered the picture, with Executive Editor Al Hunt writing to the WHCA on Wednesday: “Bloomberg is the fastest-growing news organization in the world, and now boasts 2,300 journalists across 160 bureaus.” He said, “no news organization is more committed to Washington or White House reporting.”

Fox News Washington Managing Editor Bill Sammon also sent a letter to the WHCA, arguing that Fox had been promised the seat when Thomas retired: “Now that Helen has retired, I’m hopeful the WHCA will make good on those assurances and approve Fox’s long-expected move to that seat. All five TV networks — ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, and FNC — now support this move.”

A decision isn’t expected until at least July 16, according to Yahoo! News.

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