White House spokesman Robert Gibbs also dismissed the report, echoing Whitman's comments and saying he trusted Fleet Street for football results - but little else.
"Let's just say if I wanted to look up - if I wanted to read a write-up today of how Manchester United fared last night in the Champions League Cup, I might open up a British newspaper," Gibbs said.
"If I was looking for something that bordered on truthful news, I'm not entirely sure it'd be the first stack of clips I picked up."
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