Smart power.

Journalists seeking to talk a little foreign policy with high-profile Obama administration officials live from the G20 meetings in London this week were solicited for phone sex instead after ringing up the toll-free number given by the White House.

In a press release, the White House accidentally listed a sex line number for journalists seeking an “on-the-record briefing call with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and National Security Advisor Jim Jones to discuss the NATO summit.”

But after dialing, a soft-voiced female recording that was clearly not Clinton asked for a credit card number if you “feel like getting nasty.”

Imagine the shock when journalists thinking they were calling Hillary Clinton heard a female voice on the other end asking if they want to get “nasty”. Many must have been scarred for life just from that image alone.

Asked for comment about this mishap, Deputy White House Press Secretary Bill Burton responded: ”A corrected phone number on a press release is probably one of the stupider things FOX News has covered lately.”

Yes, how ridiculous of Fox News to cover the fact that the White House couldn’t even manage to attach the correct phone number to an official press release. Covering governmental incompetence? How silly. Don’t worry, Mr. Burton, the rest of the media covers up for your stupidity enough to make up for Fox actually reporting it.

Via Hot Air Headlines.