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Backlash after Donald Trump ditches his press pool
CNN ^ | November 16, 2016 | Brian Stelter

Posted on 11/16/2016 7:54:33 AM PST by Carriage Hill

For the second time in a week, president-elect Donald Trump has abandoned precedent and traveled without the "press pool," a small group of journalists assigned to cover his movements. The move Tuesday night has spurred a strong backlash.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: butthurts; dinner; haha; handwringers; liberalmedia; media; msm; press; trump; trumptransition
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To: carriage_hill
Backlash....isn't that a racist term? Get ready for the word backlash for the next four years.
141 posted on 11/16/2016 9:15:33 AM PST by 4yearlurker ("Good God,what brave fellows I must this day lose!" G. Washington~Battle of Brooklyn)
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To: carriage_hill

$rew the press thug NeverTrumpsters!

After 8 years of Trump and Pence as presidents, the left wing pressitutes will be a small foot not in our history.


142 posted on 11/16/2016 9:17:46 AM PST by Grampa Dave (Hey, whining losers,Trump will just go ahead & make things better for us without you!!!!")
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To: Pollster1
"Family dinner without press coverage (yes, that’s what Trump was doing). I’m shocked!"

Does the press realize that this sort of thing makes them look like utter fools? Like a**holes, in fact? And not just to us, but to a lot of basically non-political middle-of-the-roaders.
143 posted on 11/16/2016 9:17:51 AM PST by Steve_Seattle
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To: Grampa Dave

A sidewalk stain would be better.


144 posted on 11/16/2016 9:18:54 AM PST by Carriage Hill ( Peace is that brief glorious moment in history, when everyone stands around reloading.)
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To: carriage_hill

Trump will be at war with media all the time

Run it like you did in campaign


145 posted on 11/16/2016 9:20:54 AM PST by wardaddy (trump is a great tourniquet but that's all folks.......)
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To: Steve_Seattle

I agree. I don’t think most folks would begrudge the first family a family dinner by themselves.


146 posted on 11/16/2016 9:21:12 AM PST by xzins
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"Breaking 'news' "!

147 posted on 11/16/2016 9:22:03 AM PST by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
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To: carriage_hill

And where, oh where, are all the first hand reports of The Presumptive Queens actions on the night of her spoiled coronation? Surely the people deserve to know!


148 posted on 11/16/2016 9:22:10 AM PST by Personal Responsibility (We need a separation of press and state!)
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To: carriage_hill

Almost all of the corporate media are in financial trouble, except CNN!

Why is CNN, Certainly Not News,in financial trouble?
CNN receives programming reimbursement from the U.S. State Department via The Bureau of International Information Programs; the same State Department program that pays Facebook for content.

CNN is not as reliant on ad revenue because they get tens of millions from the U.S. State Department.

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2016/09/21/cable-news-corps-reacting-to-scant-campaign-spending-frustrated-media-attempt-to-create-news/

CNN knows that President Trump will stop this funding when he is president.


149 posted on 11/16/2016 9:22:58 AM PST by Grampa Dave (Hey, whining losers,Trump will just go ahead & make things better for us without you!!!!")
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To: carriage_hill

They forget that the majority of Americans has no respect for the media anymore, and probably cheered to hear he ditched them.


150 posted on 11/16/2016 9:23:18 AM PST by NetAddicted (Just looking)
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To: carriage_hill

Who will Trump find to be his body double?


151 posted on 11/16/2016 9:25:56 AM PST by reviled downesdad (Some of the blind will never believe the Truth.)
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To: maggief

Obama set the precedent!


152 posted on 11/16/2016 9:27:08 AM PST by Rebelbase (Make no mistake. It's not revenge he's after. It's a reckoning--Doc Holiday)
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To: mrsmith

Yesterday, according to the MSM website, the most important story in the WORLD - featured front and center - was the anti-Moochie tweet by a small-town mayor somewhere in West Virginia. A friend had referred to Moochie as an “ape in heels,” and the mayor didn’t push back. The “ape” comment wasn’t even her own, but she was forced to resign. Meanwhile, the Trump death threat by a prominent CEO was deemed less newsworthy.


153 posted on 11/16/2016 9:28:02 AM PST by Steve_Seattle
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To: carriage_hill

Cry baby snobs.

When honesty and integrity replaces their lies and biases then they will be allowed to play with the big boys.


154 posted on 11/16/2016 9:28:58 AM PST by wakibeach (GOD, Family and Country are the only reasons that life matters.)
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To: EODGUY
"They need to cease calling themselves the “press pool” and adopt a more appropriate name.....”a group of whining liberals intent on exploiting or fabricating anything that will demean the president elect”."

The White House Cess Pool perhaps?
155 posted on 11/16/2016 9:30:15 AM PST by Steve_Seattle
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To: carriage_hill

Bad things can happen when some people know where you’re going to be.

[Paul Castellano, head of the Gambino family was gunned down in front of Sparks Steak House in 1985.]


156 posted on 11/16/2016 9:37:50 AM PST by RetSignman
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To: carriage_hill

For the second time in a week, president-elect Donald Trump has abandoned precedent and traveled without the “press pool,”>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Excellent. Who wants a bunch of liars following him around?

I can hardly wait to see the new White House Press Pool membership rules ( You lie, you fly!)


157 posted on 11/16/2016 9:38:01 AM PST by Candor7 ( Obama fascism article:(http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html)
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To: carriage_hill

They are over-the-top annoying, but truthfully, he will have to get used to all the whining and complaining, because this IS his life now. His privacy is toast for the rest of his life, as we all have seen with all the other presidents and former presidents. Right?

And angry tweets won’t help. They will just cause him more ridicule. I know this isn’t a popular concept with him or loyal followers, but he IS the president-elect, not a private executive any more.


158 posted on 11/16/2016 9:39:24 AM PST by luvie (I love the troops. That is all....)
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To: carriage_hill
Is it really a backlash if the lash has no bite?

More like some whiners who think they have the right to intrude into every aspect of his life - they'll be trying for bathroom passes next.

159 posted on 11/16/2016 9:40:36 AM PST by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: ontap

Can you imagine the heads exploding if Trump tried that? Egad!


160 posted on 11/16/2016 9:41:13 AM PST by luvie (I love the troops. That is all....)
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