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White House Bars NYT, CNN, and Politico from Briefing

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Re: White House Bars NYT, CNN, and Politico from Briefing

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Post by rybosome »

andriesm wrote: post #18

Good for Trump. CNN and friends not only have no credibility left, they've treated him with such disrespect and disdain that I'm not surprised he ain't doing them any favors. Trump will probably leverage social media and YouTube a lot, and the media can continue to re-spin stories downstream like before. Just far fewer people will take them seriously.

Has it honestly not occurred to you that they might treat him with disrespect and disdain because he earned it?

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Post by mabbo »

andriesm wrote: post #18

Good for Trump. CNN and friends not only have no credibility left, they've treated him with such disrespect and disdain that I'm not surprised he ain't doing them any favors. Trump will probably leverage social media and YouTube a lot, and the media can continue to re-spin stories downstream like before. Just far fewer people will take them seriously.

People with integrity value hard questions from their critics.

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Post by austinhutch »

andriesm wrote: post #18

Good for Trump. CNN and friends not only have no credibility left, they've treated him with such disrespect and disdain that I'm not surprised he ain't doing them any favors. Trump will probably leverage social media and YouTube a lot, and the media can continue to re-spin stories downstream like before. Just far fewer people will take them seriously.

But did you see his inauguration crowds? How about those millions bussed into New Hampshire to illegally vote?

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Post by cyrus_ »

neilsimp1 wrote: post #13
ceejayoz wrote: post #8

Well done to Time and AP, who skipped in protest.

While I agree on the whole solidarity thing, isn't it better to have more news organizations at the press briefings?

No, it's better to enforce the norms of a free and antagonistic press.

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Post by mikeyouse »

skolos wrote: post #7

Is there a historic precedent for this?

From the article;

“Nothing like this has ever happened at the White House in our long history of covering multiple administrations of different parties,” Dean Baquet, the executive editor of The Times, said in a statement.

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Post by mintplant »

neilsimp1 wrote: post #13
ceejayoz wrote: post #8

Well done to Time and AP, who skipped in protest.

While I agree on the whole solidarity thing, isn't it better to have more news organizations at the press briefings?

If the sole goal of the press briefings becomes manipulation and propaganda, then at some point giving them airtime and headline space can be worse than abstaining from coverage altogether. This is why some cable news channels have stopped inviting Kellyanne Conway on the air, for example.
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