White House Correspondents Survey

Politico has published a survey of White House correspondents.  Some findings:

• 61% said press briefings should be changed from their current form;
• 61% said White House officials sometimes complain to them about stories;
• 53% said "Are you kidding?" when asked how often in the last week they had interviewed White House officials who do not work in the communications or press office;
• 41% said that the Bush administration was more forthcoming with reporters than the Obama administration, while only 5% said the reverse;
• 42% said the Obama administration is the most secretive White House they had covered;
• 50% said that a White House official had lied to them;
• 39% said that a White House official had sworn at them.