spin_dry Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 (edited) CNN and other news outlets were blocked Friday from an off-camera White House press briefing, raising alarm among media organizations and First Amendment watchdogs. The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, Politico and BuzzFeed were also excluded from the meeting, which is known as a gaggle and is less formal than the televised Q-and-A session in the White House briefing room. The gaggle was held by White House press secretary Sean Spicer. In a brief statement defending the move, administration spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said the White House "had the pool there so everyone would be represented and get an update from us today." The pool usually includes a representative from one television network and one print outlet. In this case, four of the five major television networks -- NBC, ABC, CBS and Fox News -- were invited and attended the meeting, while only CNN was blocked. And while The New York Times was kept out, conservative media organizations Breitbart News, The Washington Times and One America News Network were also allowed in. Both CNN and the Times protested the decision. "This is an unacceptable development by the Trump White House. Apparently this is how they retaliate when you report facts they don't like. We'll keep reporting regardless," CNN said in a statement. The White House press office had informed reporters earlier in the day that the traditional, on-camera press briefing would be replaced by a gaggle in Spicer's office, reporters in attendance said. Asked about the move by the White House Correspondents Association, the White House said it would take the press pool -- including one television, one radio and one print outlet -- and invite others as well. The WHCA protested that decision on the grounds that it would effectively amount to a ban on whatever news organizations were not invited, the reporters said. The White House did not budge, and when reporters arrived at Spicer's office, White House communications officials only allowed in reporters from specific media outlets. CNN reporters attempted to access the gaggle when it began around 1:45 p.m. ET. As they walked with a large group of fellow journalists from the White House briefing room toward Spicer's office, an administration official turned them around, informing them CNN wasn't on the list of attendees. Asked during the gaggle whether CNN and The New York Times were blocked because the administration was unhappy with their reporting, Spicer responded: "We had it as pool, and then we expanded it, and we added some folks to come cover it. It was my decision to expand the pool." Several news outlets spoke out against the White House's decision. New York Times executive editor Dean Baquet wrote, "Nothing like this has ever happened at the White House in our long history of covering multiple administrations of different parties. We strongly protest the exclusion of The New York Times and the other news organizations. Free media access to a transparent government is obviously of crucial national interest." The Associated Press and Time magazine boycotted the briefing because of how it was handled. The White House Correspondents Association also protested the move. "The WHCA board is protesting strongly against how today's gaggle is being handled by the White House," it said in a statement. "We encourage the organizations that were allowed in to share the material with others in the press corps who were not. The board will be discussing this further with White House staff." Related: Trump rips media, repeats 'enemy of the people' line Hours earlier, at the Conservative Political Action Conference outside Washington, President Trump mocked and disparaged the news media. He said that much of the press represents "the enemy of the people." "They are the enemy of the people because they have no sources," Trump said. "They just make them up when there are none." He also said reporters "shouldn't be allowed" to use unnamed sources. February 24 NEW YORK Edited February 24, 2017 by spin_dry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainecat Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 Jesus it's getting worse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snoslinger Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 (edited) is this legit? Edited February 24, 2017 by Snoslinger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snoslinger Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 wow, it is. I'm sure all the fucking dumb ass trumpsters will love it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snoslinger Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 little putin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Skidooski Posted February 24, 2017 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted February 24, 2017 Suppression of the media begins or is he just slapping CNN etc around? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zambroski Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 I hope this is true. What difference does it make anyway? CNN and the others don't need to be anywhere or actually report on anything to publish their "stories". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 CNN is yellow journalism 2017 - so fake news fits. At times their website's 5-6 or even more top news stories are related to Trump and are consistently titled or reported with a bias against him. It's so glaring it's clear they have an obsession. It's kind of like the problem people like MC have. Still, the press thing today was petty on the admins part and only pours more fuel on CNNs fire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold War Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 Those guys are fags. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spin_dry Posted February 24, 2017 Author Share Posted February 24, 2017 AP walked out in protest. let's see where fox news goes with this. they're not reporting on it yet. this shows how weak this president's ego is and how much he's already got to hide. this administration is going to burn itself down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Skidooski Posted February 24, 2017 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted February 24, 2017 Hilarious how you guys cite FNC now and wait to see what they do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zambroski Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 13 minutes ago, spin_dry said: AP walked out in protest. let's see where fox news goes with this. they're not reporting on it yet. this shows how weak this president's ego is and how much he's already got to hide. this administration is going to burn itself down. They reported it hours ago. 8 minutes ago, Skidooski said: Hilarious how you guys cite FNC now and wait to see what they do. Mental midgets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spin_dry Posted February 24, 2017 Author Share Posted February 24, 2017 12 minutes ago, Skidooski said: Hilarious how you guys cite FNC now and wait to see what they do. you have a good sense of humor. i'm kinda shocked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
01mxz800 Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 Good I have had enough of the "doom and gloom" spin that the libs wallow in FFS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f7ben Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 I'm all for media being critical of a potus when its due ....but the retarded media focuses on the dumbest shit leaving the real news out of the mainstream in short....fuck all of them Trump included Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold Member BOHICA Posted February 24, 2017 Gold Member Share Posted February 24, 2017 Sounds like Plenty of media were allowed in and can report on it. The national enquire types were not allowed. No big deal as there was media allowed to enter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zambroski Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 1 minute ago, BOHICA said: Sounds like Plenty of media were allowed in and can report on it. The national enquire types were not allowed. No big deal as there was media allowed to enter. Yep. Plenty there to do the reporting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USA Contributing Member $poorsledder$ Posted February 24, 2017 USA Contributing Member Share Posted February 24, 2017 1 hour ago, Mainecat said: Jesus it's getting worse. Reminds me of how past administrations would refuse interviews with FOX. It's gonna be an awesome 8 years!!!!!!!!!!! WHOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hayward Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 winning Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlos Danger Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 4 minutes ago, $poorsledder$ said: Reminds me of how past administrations would refuse interviews with FOX. It's gonna be an awesome 8 years!!!!!!!!!!! WHOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!! How many times did Obama single out Fox news for a tongue lashing.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catman Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 Not fascist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 1 hour ago, spin_dry said: AP walked out in protest. let's see where fox news goes with this. they're not reporting on it yet. this shows how weak this president's ego is and how much he's already got to hide. this administration is going to burn itself down. Just saw it. Are you EVER right anymore? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 Good. Fuck fake news like CNN 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sal Rosenberg Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 3 minutes ago, Sludgey said: Good. Fuck fake news like CNN Yep , fuck them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catman Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 19 minutes ago, Carlos Danger said: How many times did Obama single out Fox news for a tongue lashing.... I don't know why don't you share that with us? You can also share the relevancy while you're at it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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