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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…
Excellent move.
Boycott, please.
We’d never know the difference.
No matter. Rest assured that they’ll just make something up, which is what they’d have done if they’d attended.
Hard Ball. Love it.
Ban NPR too.
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.
You can't fire me, I quit.
Well, now we know who the boss is ;-)
Time is still around?
I’ll know, and it will be good!
I didn’t see any news organizations listed on the names of those barred from entry.
Let them boycott. How would Trump be affected negatively?
I would normally be outraged by something like this, except that these media outlets have destroyed their own reputation as honest purveyors of news.
An off-camera meeting would allow partisan outlets to twist Trump’s words to meet their agenda. So why would Trump want to give them the opportunity?
He said “Fake News” was the enemy of the people, You @sshat!”
hahaha - AP & Time are self-deporting!
good for One America News.
they need the exposure
I think an apt descriptive statement of this policy to the scumbag media is “YOU LIE, YOU DIE!”.
And I love it! I love the fact that the President hates lies as much as I do.
ABC, CBS, NBC and others were also allowed in.
Seems reasonable to me.
So they are protesting the fact that they are not invited by not coming?
Wow. I guess you have to be a real genius to be a journalista.
YES!
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