Posted on 03/27/2020 7:26:07 AM PDT by stars & stripes forever
"You're actually sitting too close," President Trump remarked at a press briefing. "Really, we should probably get rid of about 75, 80 percent of you.”
Trump was only partly joking.
The White House Correspondents Association had asked its members to sit one seat apart at press briefings, but at a time when most businesses have been shut down even when they offer far more space to customers and employees, the sight of crowded press briefings is still surreally hypocritical.
Governor Jared Polis delivered his press briefing on social distancing surrounded by a huddle of other Colorado officials, including a sign language translator, and tightly packed reporters facing him. That’s not unusual. Governors and mayors have announced the shutdown of countless businesses for the sake of social distancing in the same format that is the opposite of social distancing.
The exemption for the media from coronavirus rules extends beyond these strange scenes.
(Excerpt) Read more at frontpagemag.com ...
Members of the media are contracting CORONAVIRUS and spreading it in the name of “journalism.”
Deemed ‘essential’, of course.
But you probably knew that.
I noticed at the White House press briefings that most of those reporters are really young, like early 20’s and are reporters I’ve never seen before.
Yes. IN New York they were deemed essential. The truth is that a free press is an essential part of a free society. But so are the rest of us.
...and they are appropriately spaced out.
Where else can we get our fake hysterical biased news from?
I’ve been asking this for 2 weeks.
“...and they are appropriately spaced out.”
They are all on that weed . . . . .
For the same reason lawyers don’t kill cockroaches.....Professional courtesy...................
LOL
Because the lies are not going to write or speak themselves.
Even our old folks!
The democretin party wouldn't have the "orange man bad" narrative continually spewed by the lame stream media if shut down..
Actually 90% of current media does a disservice to their viewers...it would be much better to have a robot read facts and smile occasionally....save the fake news organizations a lot of money too...
Sounds like Bill Clinton and his Mr Microphone talking about that mummy
Noticed most of the reporters on Fox are now reporting from home.
Because PDJT must be removed!/sarc
If this applies at all to the Press at this time
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.”
this whole Shelter In Place/Quarantine is unconstitutional.
interesting history on the Italian word “Quarantine”, if you’ve never looked it up. From the Plague days.
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