podium job

podium job
 n.β€” Β«Gibbs is about to start a job that, like the presidency, seems to age its occupants disproportionately to the years they spend in the job. And it happens live and on C-Span. Known in Washington shorthand as β€œthe podium job,” it has achieved a certain iconic statureβ€”or thanklessnessβ€”in the ritual kabuki of Washington. White House press secretaries get a daily blistering from the press, nightly ridicule from comedians and are subjected to the widespread belief that they are unhelpful, obfuscating puppetsβ€”which, of course, they sometimes are.Β» β€”β€œBetween Obama and the Press” by Mark Leibovich New York Times Magazine Dec. 21, 2008. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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