Major News Organizations Barred From White House Briefings???

[Trigger Time]

Hell the next thing you know politicians will hand pick the news organizations that only promote their agenda and get questions to debates ahead of time and things like that. ...

 

[Kutnupe14]

To sum up.

If you like Trump, this is an unfair attack on his administration for doing something that isn't unusual at all.

If you don't like Trump, this is the most horrendous violation of the principles of the freedom of the press, fairness and openess...trending toward totalitarianism... EVER.

If you are objective, it's nothing significant at all.

Not unusual? Based on what in the past? Even the news services that attended reported that this was "unusual" actually the word they used was "unprecedented."

 

[Kutnupe14]

I don't recall it being a problem with you when Obama did it.
Obama holds off-the-record session with columnists - POLITICO

I don't recall the issue coming up here.

 

[Kutnupe14]

The White House was closed to the public when BHO was president.
President Trump has opened it back up to the public.

Have you been watching the Clinton News Network again?

I don't even know how this is relevant to this conversation, but you have my interest. Do you have link to this story?

 

[indiucky]

Woodward: Press 'Shouldn't Whine,' Not In 'Media's Interest' To Have 'War' With Trump - We Should Continue Investigations - Breitbart

 

[indiucky]

Even the news services that attended reported that this was "unusual" actually the word they used was "unprecedented."

 

[JTScribe]

Not unusual? Based on what in the past? Even the news services that attended reported that this was "unusual" actually the word they used was "unprecedented."

Read the link I posted. Per Ari Fleischer this is neither unprecedented nor unusual.

 

[gunsisgood]

Seriously fun stuff !


[video=youtube_share;LGuguIh3IhI]http://youtu.be/LGuguIh3IhI[/video]

 

[KG1]

Woodward: Press 'Shouldn't Whine,' Not In 'Media's Interest' To Have 'War' With Trump - We Should Continue Investigations - Breitbart

That's posted in Breitbart. Disregard.

 

[indiucky]

That's posted in Breitbart. Disregard.

LOL....

 

[Kutnupe14]

Read the link I posted. Per Ari Fleischer this is neither unprecedented nor unusual.

K, standby

 

[Kutnupe14]

Ex-Bush spokesman: 'Media should calm down' on limited WH briefing | TheHill

Ok, I take his opinion into consideration, and roll back my original belief. Still, Fleisher stated that the WH "SHOULD" brief "all" the press, and that this barring of certain news outlets was "unwise." If one takes his comments, in totality" as factual then in Fleisher's opinion, the current administration is doing something it shouldn't, with the only excuse being "well, Obama did it." I thought this administration ran on "draining the swamp," and avoiding the bad actions of previous administrations?

 

[oldpink]

I don't recall the issue coming up here.

Exactly!
The media never made an issue about it because they were obedient little stenographers at the time, so no one else noticed it, let alone *****ed and moaned about it.
This is synthetic indignation, nothing more.

 

[indiucky]

This is synthetic indignation, nothing more.

I like the phrase pink.....I believe I will start using that....Thanks....

 

[ArcadiaGP]

A few outlets covered it:

Huffpo: White House's Fox News Boycott Attempt Prompts Network Revolt [UPDATED] | The Huffington Post
CBS: President Obama's Feud with FOX News - CBS News
NYT: Behind the War Between White House and Fox - The New York Times

But as shown in HuffPo's update, and the Mediaite explanaion here: Fox News? ?White House Bans Fox News? Story Is Starting To Unravel Become Clearer ? Updated | Mediaite

Fox News played it up and exaggerated what had happened. They weren't banned.

 

[BehindBlueI's]

Status Quo.

Trump supporter: Who likes media I disagree with anyway + Well, OBAMA!!!!!
Trump hater: OMG FACIST!!!111
Moderates: Oh goody, more posturing. Next?

 

[gregr]

A few outlets covered it:

Huffpo: White House's Fox News Boycott Attempt Prompts Network Revolt [UPDATED] | The Huffington Post
CBS: President Obama's Feud with FOX News - CBS News
NYT: Behind the War Between White House and Fox - The New York Times

But as shown in HuffPo's update, and the Mediaite explanaion here: Fox News? ?White House Bans Fox News? Story Is Starting To Unravel Become Clearer ? Updated | Mediaite

Fox News played it up and exaggerated what had happened. They weren't banned.

Not that CBS or the New York Times have much credibility, but for sure, anything that comes from the Huffington Post is null and void on the truth meter.

 

[ArcadiaGP]

Not that CBS or the New York Times have much credibility, but for sure, anything that comes from the Huffington Post is null and void on the truth meter.

But doesn't it say something that a Lefty org like NYT/CBS/HP did report on it? Isn't that what we're talking about here?

 

[Kutnupe14]

Not that CBS or the New York Times have much credibility, but for sure, anything that comes from the Huffington Post is null and void on the truth meter.

HuffPo is about the same as Breitbart (who was included in the briefing). CBS and the NYT have as much credibility as any of the other included media outlets.

 

[Leadeye]

Exactly!
The media never made an issue about it because they were obedient little stenographers at the time, so no one else noticed it, let alone *****ed and moaned about it.
This is synthetic indignation, nothing more.

Synthetic indignation, that's a good one I'll have to remember.