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Journalists Complain They Are Not Traveling With Secretary Tillerson…
The Conservative Treehouse ^ | March 10, 2017 | Sundance

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.”

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: asia; funpantsblog; rextillerson; tillerson
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1 posted on 03/10/2017 2:04:50 PM PST by COUNTrecount
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They can buy their own ticket...


2 posted on 03/10/2017 2:08:29 PM PST by JBW1949 (I'm really PC....PATRIOTICALLY CORRECT!!!!)
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To: COUNTrecount

Let these worthless, dishonest turds chip in and charter their own plane!


3 posted on 03/10/2017 2:09:45 PM PST by vette6387
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To: JBW1949

They can buy their own tickets at FULL PRICE for those buying on short notice.


4 posted on 03/10/2017 2:09:52 PM PST by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: COUNTrecount

The first amendment guarantees me the RIGHT to fly on your airplane. You nazi!


5 posted on 03/10/2017 2:10:03 PM PST by KyCats
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To: COUNTrecount

State is accommodating and arranging flights, hotel rooms and visa approvals.

SO STFU and accept you are not on the same plane, whiners...


6 posted on 03/10/2017 2:11:03 PM PST by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH-pk2vZG2M)
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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.


7 posted on 03/10/2017 2:11:27 PM PST by txrefugee
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To: COUNTrecount

I wouldn’t want leftist scum on my plane either.


8 posted on 03/10/2017 2:13:14 PM PST by KyCats
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To: txrefugee

What’s the problem?

The Control-LEFT was most likely going to write fiction anyway.


9 posted on 03/10/2017 2:15:01 PM PST by ptsal
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To: COUNTrecount

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!


10 posted on 03/10/2017 2:16:54 PM PST by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: COUNTrecount

How bout the Clinton’s White House Travel Office?


11 posted on 03/10/2017 2:20:41 PM PST by Don Corleone (.leave the gun, take the canolis, take it to the mattress.)
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This is hilarious...

No more “Look how important I am!!!!”


12 posted on 03/10/2017 2:22:08 PM PST by JBW1949 (I'm really PC....PATRIOTICALLY CORRECT!!!!)
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The Press Plane is over here.
13 posted on 03/10/2017 2:26:40 PM PST by \/\/ayne (I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper.)
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And no free booze and first class meals.


14 posted on 03/10/2017 2:27:17 PM PST by wrench
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They’ll be bringing their own left wing.


15 posted on 03/10/2017 2:29:37 PM PST by Billthedrill
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To: COUNTrecount

Glad to see someone stand up to the dishonest press.


16 posted on 03/10/2017 2:31:32 PM PST by jch10 (President Trump, President Trump, President Trump! I just love saying that!)
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To: COUNTrecount

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.


18 posted on 03/10/2017 2:37:10 PM PST by Rusty0604
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Real Texans really don’t talk that much anyway.


19 posted on 03/10/2017 2:37:43 PM PST by Jolla
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LOL


20 posted on 03/10/2017 2:37:48 PM PST by tuffydoodle ("Never underestimate the total depravity of the average human being.")
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