Richard Wolffe, a former Newsweek reporter who wrote a very favorable book about President Obama’s 2008 campaign, is getting special treatment from the White House according to a Politico story. And according to Examiner White House correspondent Julie Mason, Wolffe was even allowed into Obama’s health care summit, which could barely accommodate the pool.

In a catalogue of the various grievances, members of the press express exasperation with the administration’s insistence on providing access to sympathetic voices, like Wolffe and the New York Times, while limiting contact with others.