From WNYC in New York, this is NPR's On the Media.

I'm Brooke Gladstone.

And I'm Bob Garfield.

The latest underage drinking incident involving presidential daughter Jenna Bush

has created understandable unease in the White House,

some of which has played out in the briefing room.

Houston Chronicle reporter Bennett Roth was chastised by the administration for asking a question

press secretary Ari Fleischer deemed off limits.

The tempest began in a briefing following President Bush's discussion of parental roles in dealing

with substance abuse.

Ben Roth, what was the indelicate question? Considering the president's,

you know, urging this parental involvement, I said, has he talked to his own children about drugs and

drinking? And then I said, and considering his daughter was recently cited for underage drinking,

isn't that a sign that sometimes parents can't have the influence that they may hope to have?

Ari Fleischer,

then bristled, sort of dodged the question and said, well, I hope that the press doesn't go there and respects the privacy. And then that was the end of the press conference, and he left.

But is what followed the press briefing that is particularly unsettling.

Yeah, about maybe two hours later I got a call from Ari Fleischer

and who immediately told me that he thought I was out of bounds

and asking the question that none of the other national press had gone there

about the questioning of the lives of the daughters.

And he said it had been, unquote, noted in the building that I had asked the question.

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