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.”
(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...
I am a working member of the news media.
Kelly O’Donnell, who I grew up watching in Cleveland on WJW-TV, is WRONG. You capture the public moments. If they don’t amount to much of a story, that’s what you turn in. The fact that they were very brief isn’t your call. You send what happened. You report the truth.
That was J-school day one for me. Report THE TRUTH.
Meanwhile. Biden, Hillary, Obama either lock them in closets, spy on them, threaten them, leave them behind... Nary a peep over this, some of it illegal and some unconstitutional.
MSM, let’s not mention the magical mystery disappearing tour of Hellary on 9/11 and her truncated pressers which now consist of bedside phone calls or her answering softballs and then quickly hacking herself into another disappearing act.
Propaganda fail butthurts press! Laughter at 11.
Oooo The next rally someone should blow up that picture and show it on camera to the media pukes! Trump is showing us the way to defeat the media he opened up the door it’s up to us to go through it! Come on people anyone going to the rally tonight go to Walmart and blow up that picture and show it anyway possible in front of the camera!!
Awesome! Awesome! Awesome!
Go Pepe!
So JournoList Candace Smith, now WHO does this all the time? Hint: Her initials are HRC.
So don't get your panties all twisted up when Trump does it. The fact of the matter is that Trump foiled your chance to ask irrelevant, phony questions, like "When did you stop beating your wife?" type of questions regarding Obongodingo's birth certificate.
“Greta Van Susteren ;@greta · 6h6 hours ago
The media sure looks different from the outside ...”
Wonder what she’s thinking. Media sure made fools of themselves today.
A hint perhaps? That Greta is ready to join the alternative media?
They won’t give Hillary a free 20 minutes because she’d collapse by the end and that would make her look bad.
They’re just jealous.
So the media doesn’t like Trump now?
What’s he gonna do from here on out now that he won’t be getting the positive press coverage he was getting before?
/sarc off
@ToddStarnes From NBC Pool Report: “We are told by the campaign that we are no longer allowed to shoot anything from the ceremony.”
Where was the outrage?
-PJ
Maybe Greta & Sharyl Attkisson can be lead anchors on a new Trump News Network .
Their arrogance and herded sheep and lemmings being played...I have never been so proud to be deplorable.
@ToddStarnes From NBC Pool Report: “We are told by the campaign that we are no longer allowed to shoot anything from the ceremony.”Clinton left the 9/11 ceremony 30+ mins ago but press pool was not told to where. Aides now not responding to any Qs about her whereabouts— Liz Kreutz (@ABCLiz) September 11, 2016
Where was the outrage?
-PJ
Maybe they’re angry because Trump didn’t give them any chocolates?
Bingo
The eneMedia requested the turndown at Trump’s new hotel, and he did.
He must be having so much fun.
Many media jerks and jerkettes have been 100% Anti-Trump 24/7. So, how do they up that level?
Perhaps a few media jerks and jerkettes might take this opportunity to re-consider their present losing positions and come to Jesus.
Yes, media stooges. Complain more that you didn’t get your story and that Trump put veterans and heroes at the forefront. See how that works for you considering the fact that the general public hates your guts. Trump is playing 12-D Chess.
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