The Press Plane is over here.
Posted on 03/10/2017 2:04:50 PM PST by COUNTrecount
State Department Journalists are some of the most tender snowflakes in Washington DC. The latest outrage du jour is reporters complaining they are not allowed to fly with Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to Asia.
There’s no-one stopping the reporters from flying to Asia and covering T-Rex’s visit. The entire complaint is that they don’t get to fly on his airplane.
Who does the State Department run to when they need to voice their alarm,…. well, that would be CNN of course:
(Via CNN) The new secretary of state, Rex Tillerson, has been all but silent in his first month on the job. And he is planning on traveling to Asia next week without the traditional coterie of traveling press with him.
Journalists are strenuously objecting to the plan. But there is no indication that Tillerson is going to reverse course. The State Department may allow one hand-picked journalist to tag along, but the details are unknown.
[…] A dozen Washington bureau chiefs and editors, including representatives from CNN, sent a letter to the State Department earlier this week urging the secretary to make arrangements for “pool” travel.
“Not only does this situation leave the public narrative of the meetings up to the Chinese foreign ministry as well as Korea’s and Japan’s, but it gives the American people no window whatsoever into the views and actions of the nation’s leaders,” the editors wrote. “And the offer to help those reporters who want to travel unilaterally is wholly unrealistic, given the commercial flight schedules, visa issues and no guarantee of access once they are there.”
(Excerpt) Read more at theconservativetreehouse.com ...
They can buy their own ticket...
Let these worthless, dishonest turds chip in and charter their own plane!
They can buy their own tickets at FULL PRICE for those buying on short notice.
The first amendment guarantees me the RIGHT to fly on your airplane. You nazi!
State is accommodating and arranging flights, hotel rooms and visa approvals.
SO STFU and accept you are not on the same plane, whiners...
What a bunch of whining parasites! They try to cling to proven achievers such as Sec. Tillerson so they can give their usual tainted opinions of his performance.
I wouldn’t want leftist scum on my plane either.
What’s the problem?
The Control-LEFT was most likely going to write fiction anyway.
I say fly them over!
Let them sit in a C-130 for 12 hours or more with
their legs between someone elses, on a webbing seat.
Hey, it’s free, why you complaining!
How bout the Clinton’s White House Travel Office?
This is hilarious...
No more “Look how important I am!!!!”
And no free booze and first class meals.
They’ll be bringing their own left wing.
Glad to see someone stand up to the dishonest press.
From my recollections of past joint interviews in foreign lands, for the most part American journalists asked questions about something stupid and political going on in the homeland instead of anything to do with issues between the two countries. That always irritated me and I thought it was insulting to the host country.
Real Texans really don’t talk that much anyway.
LOL
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