Posted on 10/15/2014 3:46:43 AM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
White House journalists are creating an alternative system for distributing their media “pool” reports in response to the Obama administration’s involvement in approving and disapproving certain content in official reports.
A small group of reporters initiated an online forum this month in which they shared “pool” information among themselves, without White House involvement. The forum was set up by the White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA), which negotiates with the White House’s press staff over access for journalists.
Pool reports — those summaries of the president’s public appearances that go to the news media at large and are used in countless news stories — are filed by a rotating group of journalists whose work is intended to be free of content changes by the White House.
The pool journalists, however, must submit their reports to the White House press office, which distributes them via e-mail to hundreds of news organizations and others. The White House maintains the list of recipients.
Reporters have complained that the Obama White House exploits its role as distributor to demand changes in pool reports and that the press office has delayed or refused to distribute some reports until they are amended to officials’ satisfaction.
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Six years it takes them, to come up with this idea?
Rules of Propaganda.....
The propaganda must emanate from one controlled source
Some guy named Goebbels appointed to run it.
Sounds to me like no press freedom, by self agreement.
If the “news” organizations had any self esteem, besides big egos, they would en masse tell the administration they are withdrawing their entire white house press corps till this “review” process ends. They will post news stories as how it appears to them and give the white hut no air time to rebut. Of course this is just in my dreams as not one of these organizations gives a whit about the substance of what they say, only how their ratings look and how well they can put out the party line.
But, but , but then they would not be invited to the big party next month. And that would not be fair to the readers......
They still control all of these puppets in the media via their present and future job prospects.
Pass the spoons.
I agree. They obviously had problems before the 2012 election, yet they pushed for the tyrant.
“...without White House involvement.”
Obviously, these reporters are Not Sufficiently Attentive.
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