Posted on 04/02/2020 6:18:29 AM PDT by Red Badger
The White House Correspondents Association (WHCA) has announced that it is expelling One America News network (OAN) from the briefing room following a report that its correspondent Chanel Rion gained access by circumventing the process and attending as a “guest” of White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham.
In a statement, the WHCA explained that it has limited access to the room in order to comply with social distancing guidelines, and that the available seats are rotated between various outlets. But the WHCA says OAN’s correspondent twice showed up despite it not being their turn.
“We did this because a reporter for this outlet twice attended press briefings in contravention of this policy.”
On Monday Rion asked, “Do you consider the use of the term ‘Chinese food’ racist? Because it’s food that originates in China and has roots in China? And on that note. Major left-wing news media, even in this room, have teamed up with Chinese Communist Party narratives, and they are claiming that you are racist for making these claims about Chinese virus. Is it alarming that major media players, just to oppose you, are consistently siding with foreign state propaganda, Islamic state radicalism, Latin gangs and cartels? And they work right here at the White House with direct access to you and your team.”
At Tuesday’s briefing, Rion asked about how many clinical trials the administration would want to see for hydroxychloroquine — an antimalarial drug Trump has championed for fighting the coronavirus based on anecdotal results — before the government put its stamp of approval on it. The president didn’t field the question, instead deferring to Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert and a member of the task force.
The White House Correspondents’ Association is an organization of journalists (democrats)...
The Press Room should be moved to the LOBBY OF THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE BUILDING.......................PERMANENTLY..............
The OAN reporter was called upon by POTUS for a question near the end of the WH press conference and afterwards the President asked her who she represented, The answer was “OAN.” I thought that by the way he asked the question that he appreciated it. That may be why she was banned by the press corp.
It’s a really clever way of getting them free advertising to the low info voters...................
Because the old hate Trump media are juvenile punks. All those lefties made the rules and even put on the Board rapid anti-Trumpers.
The “rules” aren’t fair —do you ever notice LSM, the corrupt agenda-drones ever rotate out to allow anyone else regular access to the pressers?
Only lefties are allowed and they all share the same goal: get Trump at any cost. OANN doesn’t play that game, a game where the “rules” protect old corrupt media and actually asked questions that actually request info on successes rather than inventing internal WH strife.
Upon reflection, I think I missed your sarc, fell for it. In that case, good one.
It is clear corrupt media despises OANN.
Time to put OANN in a chair and make them a daily presence.
The very fact that the worthless pathetic lying filthy communist weasel Zeke Miller is the VP of the WHCA tells you everything that you need to know.
This is the lying filthy AssPress Propagandist who lied about President Trump removing the bust of MLK at the very beginning of the President’s term.
Every single article that he writes drips with venom and they are plastered all over every local news website around the country, because hes AssPress.
Most of the others on that list are also communist leftists.
It’s absolutely absurd that these people have any kind of say over who gets to cover the briefings.
I had to switch to uverse to get OAN and they have been trying to get me to switch to Direct TV which does not carry OAN. Few providers do. Write to your service provider demanding they add OAN to their offerings.
Obama kicked Fox News out of his press meetings.
That may have been Sundance's location, or a room there-in, thank you I had forget the name of the building.
Watching the Update NEWS Conference yesterday I didn’t see any familiar ‘journalists’ asking questions.
Lead me to believe Acosta et al were either boycotting or yawned and missed it.
It wasn’t their turn to be there.................
Oh, and a LOT of empty seats.
Chanel Rion gained access by circumventing the process and attending as a “guest” of White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham.
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Cut the session short, and when the others leave, give Stephanie Grisham special access, for exclusive interviews.
Just invite her as a special guest every single day. There’s nothing the Democrat/MSM can do about it.
an issue of ‘public safety’?
The latest ‘get out of jail free’ card..
an issue of ‘public safety’?
The latest ‘get out of jail free’ card..
Newspeak.......................
Do you consider the use of the term ‘Chinese food’ racist?
And reporters wonder whey are called beyond stupidity doing things like the race card,asking the same question and expecting a different answer,off on another issue they care about and no else does.............................................................................................................................................................................................
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