Winning.
Even if they were there, what real news value-added would the LSM provide?
AWESOME..!
Dear MSM:
Your services are no longer needed.
Rex
Why accommodate the enemy.
Bwahahaha! BEE...best election ever!
The State Department press briefing was hilarious. All the snowflakes could talk about was why some “conservative” got to ride on Tillerson’s plane and they weren’t. Winning!! Never gets old.
The title is a lie... other reporters are there, they just didn't get to travel on the same plane with Tillerson.
Hahaha....Sec. Tillerson does not suffer fools gladly.
Nothing to stop the media from buying their own tickets to Asia.
The following is from a few days ago, State Dept Q&A briefing.
MODERATOR: Thanks. And – excuse me – yeah, David, so, as you know, members of the U.S. media are going to be traveling commercially to all three locations – Japan, Korea, and China – in order to cover the trip. And we’re going to provide transportation, lodging, and logistic support on the ground to try to accommodate and ensure that they can cover the Secretary. I mean, all of you know, essentially, that we’re taking a much smaller plane, and so the Secretary’s overall footprint in terms of who he can accommodate or who we can accommodate on the plane is somewhat limited.
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And with respect to whether there is any space for press on the plane, I just can’t speak to that at that time – at this time definitively. Again, we’re still trying to iron out the logistics and finalize the logistics for who’s on – actually on the plane. But I think going forward, as I said yesterday, it’s going to be a priority for this Secretary to try to include a contingent of media on his future trips.
https://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2017/03/268355.htm
Note how the State Department is “provid[ing] transportation, lodging, and logistic support on the ground” for the press. Just not having them fly on the same plane.
I wonder if the smaller plane is because they don’t trust that the normal SoS bigger plane is bugged.
This is a great reminder that the SoS job description does not include preening for the cameras and issuing a statement every time the world has a hangnail. Very refreshing, after the Pantsuit/HorseyFace tag team.