Do you mean the White House press pool? I think that there are some more underlying reasons why that group has gone ballistic that have more to do with WH credibility than with this particular story, it has been a long history now that range from issues of pre-submitting questions, etc. This recent little slice of life didn't happen overnight.
Having said all that, maybe they are all praying, of course a lot of it is may just be about getting scooped when you are dealing with a slow WH process.