White House hid Michelle's Oscar pitch from press

The White House kept its press corps in the dark about first lady Michelle Obama’s Oscar video appearance to present Argo the best picture Academy Award Sunday night–the latest sign in the fractured relationship between the president’s team and the media that cover them.

When she appeared on TV to present the award, it was the first the press corps knew it was happening. The pool report issued at 12:31 a.m. Monday morning revealing the details of first lady’s event ended with this sentence: “WH kept the event hush-hush in advance. Your pooler happened to be watching the Oscars.”