Posted on 09/16/2016 10:32:59 AM PDT by maggief
Reporters bristled at their treatment during Donald Trump's campaign event Friday, where the GOP presidential nominee only briefly addressed his past skepticism of President Obama's birthplace and abruptly left without taking any questions.
Trump then barred reporters from joining a tour of his new hotel, which prompted the pooled television reporters to erase their video from the tour, according to multiple reporters.
“As the designated pool producer; attempted to go on pooled tour, as is customary. Was physically restrained from accompanying the camera,” ABC News journalist Candace Smith tweeted. “Blocked is perhaps the better term. Tried to go through the door, was gently pushed back as door was closed. But that is all irrelevant. The fact is Trump did not allow the official pool to go with him, successfully avoiding any questions.”
NBC's Kelly O'Donnell defended the decision to delete the footage of the tour in her own Twitter post.
“We have obligation to cover the Republican nominee when he is in public but that may not mean images of his hotel tour must be disseminated,” she said.
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Television anchors laid into Trump on Friday. News networks carried the event in full under the impression he would expand on his past “birther” claims and take questions.
But instead, Trump made only the brief remarks, spending the vast majority of the event honoring Medal of Honor winners and veterans there supporting Trump and lauding his new hotel just a stone's throw away from the White House.
“We got played again by the Trump campaign, which is what they do,” CNN's John King said, making clear that he did not mean to disrespect the service members being honored at Trump’s hotel
“He got a live event broadcast for some 20 minutes.”
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Brilliant, on so many levels. :)
They weren’t so outraged when Hillary ditched them to go have a seizure.
They are getting like the biased scum that they have become.
Karma is often cruel, but it is ALWAYS just.
All this outrage for being denied access yet they meekly comply when H Rotten Clintoon’s campaign does the same to them.
GOOD!... About time somebody put all of these useful idiots in their place!
Trump, you magnificent B*stard!
Heehee!
It's called Private property....and there is no entitlement to reporters to go into it.
You know damn well it would turn into interviewing workers....looking for complaints.
They might even find a speck of dust on the lobby floor.
Need to flip this to saying the media is insulting the veterans. As many on Twitter are going out of their way to say “it’s no disrespect to vets.” So you know it’s a touchy issue.
When I see Trumps Guards lasso them like cattle call me
Trump isn’t ready to show the new oval office yet.
Their tears are sooooooo delicious.
Press enraged? It is about time they experience what most of us experience over their deceptive shenanigans.
Hey, Ministry of Propaganda Media.... I love that you are getting PUNKED. LOL
Maybe he should have walking corralled them with little ropes and aides like Hillary does.....then they wouldn’t be outraged...
Fantastic!!!
Yeah, John, how about that new Trump hotel? Pretty nice, isn't it? Oh, and thanks for broadcasting those endorsements from the military heroes. We probably wouldn't have heard from them at all if you guys weren't trying to ambush Trump on another issue.
So long, sucker.
Trump should send the press plane to North Korea—let them try their propaganda act there and see how it works.
The Dregs of society are enraged.
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