Posted on 10/22/2021 4:25:51 PM PDT by Mount Athos
Press secretary Jen Psaki on Friday refused to say how White House staffers select reporters allowed into recent presidential events.
The secretive practice has outraged journalists as officials give inconsistent explanations on how they screen who is allowed within earshot of President Biden.
In recent months, the White House press office has cherry-picked reporters allowed into Biden events in the nearly 3,000-square foot East Room and even on the lawn by citing dubious “spacing constraints” — despite no such constraints in the much-smaller briefing room, where 49 seated reporters and many standing ones have gathered every day since COVID-19 limits ended in June.
The White House Correspondents’ Association opposes the practice of pre-screening for East Room events — which under past presidents generally were open to all reporters — and nobody has gotten a firm answer from press handlers on how selections are made.
Psaki cut off The Post when pressed for an explanation of how the selections are made — and forbade the reporter from asking a second question about a different topic.
“We as a press corps are fairly unanimous in our opposition to the mysterious pre-screening process that’s been going on for presidential events in the East Room,” The Post told Psaki at a press briefing.
It’s widely believed that White House staff make subjective decisions on reporters allowed into Biden events to shape the variety of questions that get asked — a practice that could open legal issues for the White House due to a Trump-era court ruling against arbitrary decision-making processes for granting press badges.
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Maybe it’s like the Hollywood “casting couch.”
Psaki takes a look at the male reporters from behind and chooses by the best rear ends. Females get in by Biden sniffing their hair.
Strictly the merit system.
The ones will their own knee pads?
“Why do you need that information?”
Fellatio on Brandon would probably suffice.
I’m sure they’re picked by how well they kiss biden’s ass.
Where would big media get that many 8 year old reporters?
Typical.....Judas Joe’s townhall was all canned questions. Joe must have studied hard to answer the canned questions. But Cooper gave it away when demented Joe couldn’t remember Long Beach but Cooper knew what the correct word was.
And in TRUMP 2024, the RULES STAY THE SAME!!!
Piss saki is a despicable little puppet
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