Posted on 01/15/2017 1:38:51 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Three senior officials on Donald Trump's transition team hinted that a plan to evict the press corps from the White House is under "serious consideration" by the president-elect’s incoming administration, Esquire magazine reported.
If the plan is adopted, one official told Esquire, the media will be removed from the White House press room, where it has been located since Richard Nixon was president. They would be relocated either to the White House Conference Center or to a space in the Old Executive Office building, located next door to the White House.
Sean Spicer, Trump's press secretary, said no decision has been made about such a plan, but acknowledged that "there has been some discussion about how to do it."
Reporters have had some sort of workspace at the White House since Theodore Roosevelt's time, but it became more pronounced during the Nixon era. The room contains work stations and broadcast booths, as well as a briefing area.
Spicer told Esquire that the move was purely one of logistics, noting that the press room may be too small to handle a growing national media. However, Esquire quoted another senior official saying the move was a reaction to coverage that Trump believes has been hostile toward him.
"They are the opposition party," the official told Esquire. "I want 'em out of the building. We are taking back the press room."
Just set up a tool shed for them next to the garbage cans that O’Bunghole walked the prime minister of isreal by
LOL...vapors, I see vapors, pearl clutching and much fainting.
This alone, what President Elect Trump has done to the media is a thing of beauty.
Yes there is, and they can get a room for double the going rate, just because of who they are. 8>)
For the press corps, it would be like hanging round an exhibition of their work.
The Journolistas collude with one another and conspire with the DNC directly.
They should be considered a hostile occupying force and treated with contempt.
Just — Do — It!!!!
It's beyond ridiculous to expect any 'journalistic ethics' out of any of them at this point. We all know they don't have any.
Fake headline.
Keep them outside the fence. Make stand in the heat and cold and wait for a glimpse of the President.
Translation: "Trump Administration to ban all news correspondents and shut down all correspondence from the once transparent Obama administration's White House......"
Not according to a hundred articles that I’ve seen. The press is in a lather over this, setting their hair on fire.
My guess is they are looking at a larger venue so they can increase the number press passes.
Give the lefty liars some competition.
Treacherous lefty face meet boot. The lying press have gone all in for the traitorous left and there is no benefit for patriots in treating them with any respect.
Wow...that election thingy shure had some consequences...
The current White House Press Room was previously an indoor swimming pool that was covered up to give the press someplace to operate from. It is very small and seat assignments are very coveted. The Conference Room in the Executive Office Building has plenty of room for the news people to gather for their daily briefings and gaggles.
set them up in the women’s room. They will feel right at home.
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