White House press secretary Josh Earnest appears on CNN 's `` Reliable Sources '' Earnest : There is built-in tension in the relationship between a president and the press . Earnest said he had seen the letter to Obama signed by more than 40 news media organizations , including the Society of Professional Journalists and National Press Foundation , urging the President and his federal agencies to be more transparent -- to `` stop the spin and let the sunshine in . '' The question is, how do you manage that tension?
White House press secretary Josh Earnest appears on CNN 's `` Reliable Sources '' Earnest : There is built-in tension in the relationship between a president and the press . The question is, how do you manage that tension?