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Where’s the Boycott? Trump’s AP Ban Spurs Calls for Media Solidarity
Yahoo News ^ | February 19, 2025 | Sean Burch

Posted on 02/20/2025 3:41:30 AM PST by kevcol

Although former CNN anchor Jim Acosta has called for reporters to protest the punitive action against AP by boycotting the White House via his Substack, there have been few signs of the press banding together from major news organizations.
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“We’re seeing no resistance,” Jarvis said. “Shouldn’t journalists stand up for each other? I think the strongest action would be for the entire decent press corps to walk out of the press room.”

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; Miscellaneous; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: abilio; acosta; ap; fakenews; gulfofamerica; media; mediabias; msm; whca; whoisjarvis; whpc
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Shouldn’t journalists stand up for each other?

1) You and your leftists ilk are not journalists.
2) your paymasters' funding is drying up
3) There are thousands waiting for any open seat


1 posted on 02/20/2025 3:41:30 AM PST by kevcol
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To: kevcol

Our tax dollars paid Reuters, AP, NYT, Politico.

Don’t they work for us?


2 posted on 02/20/2025 3:42:33 AM PST by TigerClaws
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To: kevcol
I think the strongest action would be for the entire decent press corps to walk out of the press room.”

There's the tell.

3 posted on 02/20/2025 3:43:57 AM PST by sauropod (Make sure Satan has to climb over a lot of Scripture to get to you. John MacArthur Ne supra crepidam)
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To: kevcol

Many of the organizations the fake journalist work for have extremely low ratings. Almost nobody watches or reads them. If the stopped going to press conferences, nobody would miss them. They’d have have to get their news second hand. A boycott would be the final nail their corporate coffin


4 posted on 02/20/2025 3:47:39 AM PST by Fai Mao (The US government is run by pedophiles and Perverts for pedophiles and perverts.)
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To: sauropod

There are no “decent press corps”


5 posted on 02/20/2025 3:50:18 AM PST by McGavin999 ( A sense of humor is a sign of intelligence, leftists have no sense of humor, therefore……)
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To: kevcol
"I think the strongest action would be for the entire decent press corps to walk out of the press room."

In the words of Deep Thought to Vroomfondel and Majikthise...

"And who will that inconvenience?"

6 posted on 02/20/2025 3:51:27 AM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts (Perfection is impossible. But if you pursue perfection...you may achieve excellence.)
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To: kevcol

>> “Shouldn’t journalists stand up for each other?”

You betcha! Y’all “journalists” are a MOVEMENT, by gum! Be a good hard solid movement! When you pass, make those a-holes that are holding you back strain ‘til their eyes cross! To heck with that watery, loosey-goosey stinky coalition you’ve got now. You need some FIBER in ya!


7 posted on 02/20/2025 3:51:58 AM PST by Nervous Tick (Hope, as a righteous product of properly aligned Faith, IS in fact a strategy.)
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To: kevcol

The Fourth Estate has become a fifth column.

There’s already solidarity.

With Deep State.


8 posted on 02/20/2025 3:52:35 AM PST by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away!)
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To: mewzilla

Mr. President, I will happily serve as a citizen journalist from NYS if you’ve got a spare seat going begging in the press room.

I’d love to do that.

And I’ll bet I’m not alone.


9 posted on 02/20/2025 3:55:21 AM PST by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away!)
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To: TigerClaws

Well Bye!


10 posted on 02/20/2025 3:57:09 AM PST by spincaster (i)
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To: kevcol

i support this boycott, it would make room for real journalists


11 posted on 02/20/2025 3:59:24 AM PST by Mount Athos
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To: TigerClaws

I hope they will be boycotting the taxpayers’ funded transactions for many federal agencies.


12 posted on 02/20/2025 4:02:44 AM PST by Degaston
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To: kevcol
I think the strongest action would be for the entire decent press corps to walk out of the press room.”

That right there is journo accidentally explaining why no one walked out of the room.

13 posted on 02/20/2025 4:03:12 AM PST by fso301
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To: Mount Athos

We will be a lot better off.

Without their lying reporters at the white house.


14 posted on 02/20/2025 4:04:18 AM PST by riverrunner
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To: kevcol
"I think the strongest action would be for the entire decent press corps to walk out of the press room.”

If they leave, then someone will take their place and become relevant.

This president is a lot different than the last one. Trump talks to the press almost every day. The slobbering invalid who preceded him maybe engaged with them once every three months.

15 posted on 02/20/2025 4:08:09 AM PST by Right_Wing_Madman
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To: kevcol

I nominate Chanel Rion of One America News.

They made her stand way in the back. But she knew her stuff and when called, she asked penetrating questions

Little Jimmy Acosta can go suck his thumb.


16 posted on 02/20/2025 4:20:59 AM PST by FroggyTheGremlim (Hail to Pitt!)
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To: TigerClaws

resistance to what?


17 posted on 02/20/2025 4:37:39 AM PST by ronnie raygun
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To: ronnie raygun

Freedom.


18 posted on 02/20/2025 4:40:45 AM PST by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away!)
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To: kevcol

AP, even in our local newspaper here in Mentor Ohio, injects WOC opinion in regular news items.


19 posted on 02/20/2025 4:47:05 AM PST by laweeks (///)
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To: kevcol

“I think the strongest action would be for the entire decent press corps to walk out of the press room.”

The “entire decent press corps” would fit into a telephone booth (if a telephone booth could be found).


20 posted on 02/20/2025 4:47:08 AM PST by SharpRightTurn (“Giving money & power to government is like giving whiskey & car keys to teenage boys” P.J. O’Rourke)
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