CNN Responds to Trump: "We demand better" - re CNN Press being denied access at WH event.

[kpete]

CNN reporter says White House officials told her, “You are dis-invited from the press availability in the Rose Garden today. They said that the questions I asked were inappbropriate for that venue. And they said I was shouting."

What @KaitlinCollins asked Trump, hours before being "disinvited" from Rose Garden event:

— "Did Michael Cohen betray you, Mr. President?"

— "Are you worried about what is on the other tapes?"

— "Why is Vladimir Putin not accepting your invitation?"

https://money.cnn.com/2018/07/25/media/white-house-kaitlan-collins-press-pool/index.html

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[still_one]

1. What would be good is if the others in the same press Corp asked the same questions, but they won't

because in general they are worthless pawns

[FreepFryer]

3. So after reading this, you attack the members of the WH press corps? Interesting. (n/t)

[still_one]

10. Bullshit. If the press Corp doesn't speak out about this then they are part of the problem

Essentially they have been rolling over against this administration because they are afraid they will lose their access.

It is their job to ask tough questions, and they need to stand up together against this

We will see tomorrow if they ask the question why were those questions inappropriate, and follow through

and my criticism to the press is because most of them haven’t been doing their job.

From Iraq has WMDs, to the N.Y. Times blaming the Democrats for causing the republicans to reject climate change, they have been playing the false equivalency fallacy game for too long that this was bound to happen

It is about time the press actually stand up for freedom of the press


Will this be the straw that breaks the camels back and they will finally speak out together and in force?

[FreepFryer]

11. No, your comment was bullshit. The WH Press corps are not worthless pawns, it is foolish to say so.

Full stop.

[jayschool2013]

22. Thank you, FreepFryer NM

[True Dough]

27. Some reporters are better than others, of course

but, you're right, they're not all pawns.

[Grasswire2]

30. Hear, hear. nt

[Grasswire2]

29. You are very, very wrong.

I guess you didn't note the courage of AP's Jonathan LeMire and Reuters' Jeff Mason at the Helsinki "summit"? They, with professional finesse, asked so bold that the answers drove the news cycle for a week or more.

I guess you don't see Jim Acosta (CNN) insulted and threatened every day. I guess you simply don't watch the WH briefings.

I'm not going to detail everything, but you are very wrong. Those WH reporters stand between the people and tyranny every freaking day. Our only check on the WH now that Republican majority in Congress has abdicated its oath of office to the Constitution.

[George II]

18. That actually happened the other day. Huckleberry refused to allow a followup question....

....so the next person she went to looked at the first reporter (I think it was Hallie Jackson) like she was giving up her turn, but asked a similar question.

[still_one]

20. Thanks for the update George

[George II]

19. I think the problem is that if they rebel, then Fox News would monopolize the briefings....

...but today Brett Baier stood up for Collins. That "wall" is crumbling.

[still_one]

21. I hope so

[chillfactor]

2. lot of good CNN statement does.....

good for nothing.

[Mike Nelson]

4. Great questions...

[FreepFryer]

5. +1. (n/t)

[Wellstone ruled]

6. So the Purge begins.

And this network is run by a Guy who gave Trump millions in free Publicity during his campaign.

[jayschool2013]

24. The purge

You could say the purge began with the gutting of the NY Daily News newsroom, including the sacking of its editor.

[Wellstone ruled]

28. Referring to MSM being

denied access to the White House News Rooms or Press Conferences.

[jayschool2013]

35. Of course.

I apologize for confusing the issue.

I was just noting that Putin's purges began when the oligarchs started buying news media and emptying the newsrooms of "opposition" journalists. Today's action could be seen as a continuation of what has happened at the Daily News.

[Wellstone ruled]

37. Know where you are going with your post.

In Nevada we have one major Newspaper and that is owned by Sheldon Adelson. Yes there are a couple coupon rags running around,but they owned by the other Major Right wing Group Gannett. There is a insert to the Review Journal owned by a fellow named Grenspun who tends to bolster us Dems here in Nevada. And of course,most to the Radio TV Stations are Sinclair owned and the one is owned by Nexstar who is running more and more right wing.

[rainin]

7. Why can't all of them boycott? He needs them. What if they refused to talk about anything he says or

does for a while? They are sycophants.

[Grasswire2]

31. NO

He would take that as a victory. This administration has diluted the press corps by credentialing stooges, shills and fakes and allowing them privileges. Credentialing authority used to belong to the peer organization, the White House Correspondents Association, and needs to be returned to that governing entity. Reporters covering Congress have access codified in law. WH press has no such protection, and that needs fixing. See FB page "People's Bill Of Rights For White House Transparency."

[FakeNoose]

8. Why have press conferences if you won't answer the questions?

[Pepsidog]

23. So simple, so obvious, and so true

[gratuitous]

9. Good for CNN for demanding better

Welcome to the chorus of voices that have been shouting for this for more than a year and a half. Unfortunately, private citizens in far-flung and isolated locales around the United States aren't very effective in petitioning this administration in particular for redress of this grievance. Now that you're on board, at last, CNN, here's our question to you when the White House ignores your demand:

What are you going to do about it?

A couple of suggestions, offered for free, and worth every penny: Quit covering this doofus live. Tape whatever it is he'd like you to interrupt live programming for, and see if there's anything actually newsworthy. If not, then report that. Sample script: "The president held a press availability today on the South Lawn of the White House. He said nothing of substance." Then move on. Fact check him live. "Today, the president claimed without any evidence that his administration has been tougher on Russia than anyone. Stay tuned for weather."

Get the picture?

[DeminPennswoods]

16. This is exactly right

Stop breathlessly reporting every tweet, too. None of them are newsworthy, just juvenile name-calling and lies.

Start reporting more on the real policies being enacted by this administration that are designed to hurt people as well. Don't focus on the everyday soap opera going on in Trump world.

[diva77]

34. +1000 This is exactly what I wrote to PBS Newshour about -they keep giving free air time to rethugs

as they exit the Capitol bldg. after a day's worth of thuggery -- no edits, no real time fact checks of the lies. PBS Newshour's idea of "balanced" coverage is to have rethugs interviewed and then maybe a Dem. When did "lies" become a "legitimate" part of balanced coverage?

[trof]

12. And why aren't ALL the networks all over this?

"They came for the Jews, but I wasn't a Jew…"

[unc70]

13. Fox has replied in solidarity with CNN

Might be a beginning

[trof]

14. Seriously?

[DeminPennswoods]

15. She was a pool reporter, wasn't representing just CNN

nt

[honest.abe]

17. We are in dangerous territory.

Even though CNN and others seem to fighting back now, they could become intimidated by this lunatic and stop asking the hard questions in the future. This is how dictators control the press and gain power.

[lame54]

26. Yes - i hope they are ready

[elmac]

25. Dear Cable news networks

are you happy with your investment of giving tRump 90% more airtime than Dems? I bet you are because in your own words tRump will be great for our bottom line. Crocodile tears folks.

[Scurrilous]

32. K&R

[SayItLoud]

33. If it means so much to the press...then

why didn't they all walk out? Let the F'n MORON hold his propaganda conference and have it only covered by Fuck News. FN is preaching to their own choir so it makes no difference. Give tRUMP the silent treatment with regard to coverage and report from afar. His answers are mostly lies and mis directions NEWS needs to find a new approach.

[oberliner]

36. Even Fox is siding with CNN on this one

Amazing.