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OANN removed from White House virus briefing rotation after violating policy, WHCA announces
Fox News ^ | April 1, 2020 | Joseph A. Wulfsohn

Posted on 04/01/2020 9:42:35 PM PDT by map

"We are writing to inform you that the WHCA Board has voted this evening to remove a news outlet from the rotation for a seat in the briefing room. We did this because a report for this outlet twice attended press briefings in contravention of this policy. ... We do not take this action lightly. This is a matter of public safety."

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: media; oann; trump; trumpmedia; whca; whitehouse
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To: JediJones

Groucho


101 posted on 04/02/2020 3:36:48 AM PDT by a little elbow grease (... to err is human, to admit it unusual...)
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To: caww

As I understand camera people generally are also assigned but have to stand in the back or along side.
Look... I understand Oann’s popularity here and I watch it too. But she was out of compliance to the agreed on measures regarding seating and standing during these briefings as well as her distancing.

Has nothing to do with her tone or questions. If it had been Acosta standing there we’d be all over him for breaking the rules.
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What is it about the incorrect premise that you don’t understand???

She was standing in the corner BECAUSE OF THE MSM SHENANIGANS IN THE FIRST PLACE. Why are you so obtuse?


102 posted on 04/02/2020 3:46:47 AM PDT by CincyRichieRich (Be still, and know that I am God...Psalm 46:10)
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To: map

The WHPC could not be more hostile to the President. He should break them , invite OWNN to the front row every day along with other conservative media and send Jim Acosta to somewhere cold and dark. Why not just nuke the media that so hates this country?


103 posted on 04/02/2020 3:56:28 AM PDT by Truth29
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To: map

Supply them all with masks and gloves ( mandatory) and put a large plexiglass shield up between reporters and those giving the meeting.


104 posted on 04/02/2020 4:06:32 AM PDT by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: map

Did they do this to seem even handed? Throw a conservative out occasionally so people can’t say they’re after liberals only?


105 posted on 04/02/2020 4:12:57 AM PDT by Linda Frances (Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness.)
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To: Vaquero
Take the questions remotely from news outlets that are actually broadcasting the briefings. There is no additional news benefit for the press to be in the room with the Task Force. The purpose is to get the news out to the American people.

Few TV channels are even showing the briefings live any more. They show a few sound bites framed in a way to make the President look bad, even if their framing is completely dishonest, then they spend hours discussing their framework.

Maybe there would be more questions actually seeking information and fewer (or none) challenging something said weeks ago in this fast- moving crisis.... the type being asked of Cuomo in a respectful way during his briefings.

106 posted on 04/02/2020 4:15:54 AM PDT by Freee-dame
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To: map

107 posted on 04/02/2020 4:22:13 AM PDT by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: Truth29
The WHPC could not be more hostile to the President. He should break them , invite OWNN to the front row every day along with other conservative media and send Jim Acosta to somewhere cold and dark. Why not just nuke the media that so hates this country?

If it were me, Acosta's seat would be a stall in the men's room...
108 posted on 04/02/2020 4:24:21 AM PDT by farming pharmer
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To: map

From Diamond and Silk!

The networks who refuse to show President Trump’s Virus Briefings SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO SEND THEIR JOURNALISTS TO SAID BRIEFINGS!!!!!!!!!!!


109 posted on 04/02/2020 4:26:31 AM PDT by Guenevere (Press On!)
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To: map

110 posted on 04/02/2020 4:26:51 AM PDT by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: JediJones

Groucho, is that you? I thought you was dead...


111 posted on 04/02/2020 4:46:15 AM PDT by GeorgiaDawg32 (November 2020 I will be bathing in liberal tears..)
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To: Prolixus

OANN is the only news outlet doing real investigative reporting.
If anyone paid attention the Bidens and a lot of others would be in jail.


112 posted on 04/02/2020 4:50:16 AM PDT by GranTorino (Bloody Lips Save Ships.)
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To: map

If consecutive visits are a reason for dismissal, why have we seen John Roberts from Fox News there for the last three days in a row?


113 posted on 04/02/2020 5:21:24 AM PDT by norwaypinesavage (Calm down and enjoy the ride, great things are happening for our country)
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To: map

trump should just ignore this and invite the person as his guest


114 posted on 04/02/2020 5:23:43 AM PDT by PCPOET7
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To: Mr. N. Wolfe

remove this group from control of the rotation....this should be the press secretary’s job. when they complain and they will. the press secretary should issue a statement that says this organization is not a governmental agency so they don’t have the authority to decide who attends press meetings.


115 posted on 04/02/2020 5:31:02 AM PDT by PCPOET7
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To: edwinland

Gee, I wonder if any of the other outlets have reported “fake news.” EVER, IF NOT ALWAYS.

Ordinarily, I would say OANN should fix and apologize, and I dislike the “He does it, so can I” defense, but this is the WHITE HOUSE PRESS CORPS.

Don’t go, Chion, DON’T GO.


116 posted on 04/02/2020 5:40:11 AM PDT by Maris Crane
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To: Hostage

OANN should sue. It worked for Jim Acosta.


117 posted on 04/02/2020 5:49:31 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer)
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To: GranTorino

Yes, We who watch OANN have a very different view of the world than those who do not.

We see and hear original footage of current events.

We see and hear the results of investigative journalism.

The rest of the country is hearing Rachel Maddow’s opinions and criticisms or press releases from the Democrats and their entrenched globalist federal bureaucracies.


118 posted on 04/02/2020 6:22:07 AM PDT by Prolixus (In all seriousness:)
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To: caww

She’s wearing a scarf, so it’s okay. Hermes, I think.


119 posted on 04/02/2020 6:58:40 AM PDT by Lisbon1940 (No full-term Governors (at the time of election))
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To: Chickensoup
Sad because they don’t have to run any fake news

the real news is just sitting there waiting to be reported.

Exactly! That's what makes it even worse. At least the left HAS to invent crap because they have no argument other than demolishing straw men that they create. For OAN the only excuse is laziness + clickbait.

120 posted on 04/02/2020 8:15:43 AM PDT by edwinland
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