Even C-Span Is Piqued: Senate Puts Limits on Trial Coverage

[Zorro]

News coverage of President Trump’s impeachment trial in the Senate began last week with a Republican senator calling a CNN reporter “a liberal hack” in the halls of Congress and laughing about it later that night during a Fox News interview.

Things haven’t improved much since.

Journalists are up in arms about new restrictions on their movement inside the Capitol, which they say will prevent them from easily interviewing lawmakers about the proceedings. The rules, negotiated by Republican Senate leadership, have yet to be written down, causing confusion among reporters and the Capitol Police expected to enforce them.

Even sedate C-Span is aggrieved, calling on the Senate to allow its television crews to document the trial, instead of the government-controlled cameras that — as was the case during Bill Clinton’s trial 21 years ago — will limit what viewers see and hear inside the Senate chamber.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/19/business/media/senate-impeachment-trial-media.html

[bluestarone]

1. tRUMP putin PUPPETS

ALL OF THEM FUCKERS.

[jberryhill]

2. Also makes it hard for Trump to follow

He’s going to be wondering whether someone is going to screw him.

[usaf-vet]

3. I'd bet he is getting a MoscowMitch provide direct feed to his office and private residence.

Not hard to do with today's technology. IF the Secret Service isn't breathing down your neck.

[ancianita]

4. This is the First Branch, The People's branch, and The People MUST be witnesses to it.

Any obstruction of The People's rights to oversee their government is censorship.

Emphasis on "...or of the press."

[ancianita]

5. All media must sue. Where is the ACLU.

[pazzyanne]

8. In all fairness to the ACLU...

they have been very busy the past 3 years. They need more donations to keep up the good work. I donate and I hope others will too.

[40RatRod]

9. Same here.

They have their hands full in the South.

[ancianita]

11. THIS is national. Their 2018 budget was $234 million. They're not broke.

They can certainly pull SOME of their 300 staff lawyers and 1,000 volunteer lawyers out for THIS.

[SergeStorms]

12. I joined the day after....

Putin installed Trump as pResident, and I'll continue for the rest of my life. We have so much to lose, and we're losing it fast!

[GoCubsGo]

6. Nothing to see here. Move along.

Given the way Moscow Mitch is behaving here, I have no doubt, whatsoever, that there is an Everest-size mountain of corruption that he and his filthy-ass party are trying to keep out of the public's eye. This is going to go down as the biggest cover-up in history if McConnell has his way.

[Ferryboat]

7. CSPAN has been just fine.

Since the beginning of CSPAN it has worked just fine. A little boring at times. What is getting everyone else worked up is the ability to broadcast over their platforms and provide color commentary, ie spin.

Watch it , pay attention. Do you really want someone telling you what just watched?

If clarification is needed seek it out elsewhere.

[rickyhall]

10. Never seen so many cowards, from Dump on down. All afraid of the Majority.

Sickening...