After several news outlets turned down invitations to off-the-record meetings with Attorney General Eric Holder to discuss the DOJ snooping scandal, the spokesman of the national Democratic Party actually turned the blame on them:

POTUS asked AG to review how leak investigations are done but some in the media refuse to meet with him. Kind of forfeits your right gripe.

— Brad Woodhouse (@woodhouseb) May 29, 2013

The twittersphere predictably took offense:

@woodhouseb So you forfeit your right to complain about the AG spying on you if you refuse to meet with him secretly? That's America now?

— Sunny (@sunnyright) May 29, 2013

.@woodhouseb wow it's hard to believe americans are cynical about politics with people like you around

— Andy Levy (@andylevy) May 29, 2013

"Obviously Nixon wants to fix the problems in the White House. Woodward & Bernstein? Not helping." @woodhouseb @ron_fournier #ObamaScandals

— BattleSwarm (@BattleSwarmBlog) May 30, 2013

FYI: In DC "off the record" means "in secret." Team Obama want media to promise secrecy to AG who spied on them. #IronyAlert

— Ron Fournier (@ron_fournier) May 29, 2013

Politico's Dylan Byers was left in disbelief (although it's not enough to stop his bosses from agreeing on Holder's terms):

@woodhouseb Jesus, Brad.

— Dylan Byers (@DylanByers) May 29, 2013