Posted on 04/25/2020 6:28:24 AM PDT by McGruff
The White House and CNN reportedly continued their fight over press room access in dispute over a reporting seat at Friday's coronavirus briefing.
The altercation could be the next step in the White House exerting what it argues is its constitutionally-sound right to maintain order in its press briefings.
Under the existing media seating chart created by the journalist-run White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA), CNN has prime real estate on the front row.
"Earlier today before the briefing, a White House official instructed the print pooler to take CNNs seat in the briefing room because the seating would be swapped for the briefing," Chris Johnson, the chief political reporter and White House reporter for the Washington Blade, wrote in a press pool report. "Given the seating assignment is under the jurisdiction of White House Correspondents' Association, not the White House, pooler refused to move."
(Excerpt) Read more at justthenews.com ...
Earlier this month, the Justice Department rejected a CNN political analyst’s legal claim he deserved access to President Trump’s coronavirus briefings, warning the White House press room is ultimately federal property and not the legal domain of journalists.
The DOJ’s letter rejecting CNN and Playboy journalist Brian Karem’s demands to access the briefings appeared to serve notice to WHCA that its power to regulate who attends White House press briefings was based only on years of “tradition” and not a legal right.
And I wouldnt mind if it stayed that way.
Put your foot down so hard, President Trump, that the floor cracks and the White takes over the press room again.
I ours coordinate White House briefing pecking order as BURN IN HELL CNN!
But thats just my opinion, of course.
Spell checker is a birch!
BEAT the Press should be more than a show.
I have no idea why Trump permits the ongoing abuse he receives from the Mainstream Media during these briefings. Barack Obama would have never stood for this. There are plenty of independent media outlets that could make good use of the opportunity to appear in these briefings and would ask challenging questions while still behaving like respectful adults.
Ban CNN from the White House press pool. What’s the worst thing they could do? Is it going to somehow make their coverage of Trump’s administration less favorable?
And for God’s sake defund NPR already. I have no problem with any media outlet broadcasting whatever criticisms of our President they wish to, but I am damn sick and tired of being compelled at gunpoint to pay for it.
While states generally recognize adverse possession claims, you cannot lay adverse possession to federal government property.
Because Trump gets more and better publicity from humiliating CNN than shunning them. Its great entertainment and supports the work of the MOS 37Alphas.
Yes, because theyre not actually asking questions they need further clarification on in order to write theyre stories. Theyre badgering and being confrontational, trying to send a message to the audience.
When Trump calls CNN out for being fake news, he needs to add, you are the reason I tweet, so the people know what Ive actually said, not what you tell them Ive said, which is always inaccurate.
“”Put your foot down so hard, President Trump, that the floor cracks and the White takes over the press room again.””
Wasn’t that room built OVER the old WH swimming pool? Too bad there’s not a trapdoor to open and dump them all in but I suppose it was filled up - probably where all the skeletons - ahem - were kept...
Boot CNN and give their seat to whoever the libs hate most.
Alex Jones?
OANN?
Chanel Rion OAN
Some provisions of the Code
The board chaired by Candace Owens will evict violators of that standard.
What, the WHCA exercising censorship? Who are they to say who can come to a White House press briefing?
Agree. When they are shouting questions like Mr. President, is now the time for sarcasm... is it appropriate for you to... I would like to see those reporters thrown out a window.
Great idea!
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