Posted on 11/02/2014 11:56:31 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
The U.S. government agreed to a police request to restrict more than 37 square miles of airspace surrounding Ferguson, Missouri, for 12 days in August for safety, but audio recordings show that local authorities privately acknowledged the purpose was to keep away news helicopters during violent street protests.
On Aug. 12, the morning after the Federal Aviation Administration imposed the first flight restriction, FAA air traffic managers struggled to redefine the flight ban to let commercial flights operate at nearby Lambert-St. Louis International Airport and police helicopters fly through the area — but ban others....
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Most. Transparent. Administration. Ever.
LOL.
Media drones are next.
Unbelievable.
Where are all of the people in journalism fighting for “freedom of the press”?
They’re illegal, IIRC.
Giving aid and comfort to the rioting, arsonist, looting, and lawless enemy.
The media was all Obama ever had. He kissed up until he got re-elected but he’s been edging toward displaying his real opinion of them (he likes them when they serve him, he stabs ‘em in the back if it serves him better, he seeks vengeance when they don’t do what he wants).
From the top down, the administration sees media as a tool.
But as one of their own is doing this, they need to bite their tongues and circle the wagons.
I don’t believe the press is covering this responsibly, and I don’t believe in the government restricting flight paths.
Now you can see the backfire when the government foments anger and dissent then looses control. Everyone looses.
This drone coverage of the riots in Ferguson brought to you by...
Liar.
> The U.S. government agreed to a police request to restrict more than 37 square miles of airspace surrounding Ferguson, Missouri, for 12 days in August for safety, but audio recordings show that local authorities privately acknowledged the purpose was to keep away news helicopters during violent street protests.
ANd that, my friends, is how you do a *November* surprise.
I’m an excellent speller, but that is one stupid mistake I tend to make.
Clearly a violation of freedom of the press and Due Process.
but audio recordings show that local authorities privately acknowledged the purpose was to keep away news helicopters during violent street protests.
No one is ever held accountable.
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