Posted on 02/24/2017 11:39:34 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Shortly after President Donald Trump vowed to “do something” about the “cunning” media who he once again called “the enemy” of the American people, CNN announced on air it had been barred from today’s White House briefing.
CNN reports New York Times, Los Angles Times, and Politico also were told they were not on the White House list, for today’s off-camera briefing.
Breitbart, Fox News, Washington Times, and One America News Network were among those given entry, CNN reported.
Today’s off-camera gaggle is distinct from the on-camera White House Press Briefing led by Press Secretary Sean Spicer, which is not scheduled to take place today. It is not unusual to forego the on-camera press briefing on days when POTUS delivers a major speech, as happened this morning at CPAC.
CNN reports it was told by Spicer that the briefing was intended as a much smaller pool-coverage gathering, which typically means one print reporter, one radio reporter, etc. Spicer said he decided to expand the list of invitees as he saw fit, to include conservative-leaning news organizations; Spicer told CNN the intent was not to exclude certain news orgs.
Nonetheless, the White House Correspondents Association has protested today’s move, and some organizations, including Associated Press and Time magazine, have said they are boycotting.
More to come…
Yes, and I’m sure that they would be dutifully serving the American public if John Gill had won in November instead of Trump (do I need to indicate the sarc?).
Defund NPR.
Horrible! The end of civilization as we know it!!!
Sure, Obama did the same thing. But Trump is freezing out the liberal media. That’s just wrong. The liberal media is entitled, dammit!
The Washington Post should be added to that banned list.
Come on guys, where’s the Boo-Hoo girl? I’d post her here if I knew how.
Don’t need to ban NPR, just kill its funding.
So that boom I heard was a bunch of arrogant urinalist heads exploding!
But that’s okay. They don’t need to attend to make up their stories. In fact, it saves them the traveling time from the bar to the White House.
Love that Spicer included OANN
[White House Correspondents Association has protested today’s move, and some organizations, including Associated Press and Time magazine, have said they are boycotting.]
Boycotting, isn’t that Pizzagate thing?
Maimed Stream Press...
Put some ice on it and get in line.
Keep them out of the white house! Remove their passes.
In or out CNN will just make up the News like they always do
Love it!
Precisely.
Boycotts are GOOD! Boycott away you juvenile media scum!
That makes me happy.
And this is how you do it folks. "News" is a business that distributes product. Deprive them of product and people will have to go elsewhere for the product.
Fake News outlets will lose customers to non-fake news outlets, leaving the fake news outlets with lost income.
Hurt them in the pocketbook. Ban them from your press conferences, and *they* will be hurting, while new organizations you respect will get a windfall.
I've been advising Republicans to do this since 1992. Trump is the first one I can recall actually trying it.
It would have been funny if Trump would have responded, “CNN doesn’t need to be there. They just make up all their stories anyway. So, what difference does it make?”
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