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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 mason240 »

daeken wrote: post #114
mason240 wrote: post #88

Of course it's a false equivalence, one President was a Democrat, this one is a Republican.

Bullshit. Obama was a presidential candidate when this took place, not even the president. You're making this into a partisan issue; not the others upthread of you.

10/15/09

>The administration has taken increasing steps in recent weeks and months to isolate the TV network, with some Capitol Hill veterans recalling no such similar steps by any president since Richard Nixon’s retaliation against The New York Times and The Washington Post during Watergate.

>“The point is this, and it really needs to be made: Fox is not just another television network,” said Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (Ill.), a close Obama ally. “Fox has become the official/semi-official voice for the Republican Party, in opposition to the president. And I think calling them out is the only way to delegitimize them as political propaganda.”

http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/63167-congression...

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

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Post by roywiggins »

Jun8 wrote: post #49
clamprecht wrote: post #11

For anyone who has actually watched these press briefings in their entirety: Does anyone else think these are pretty much the worst way to get to the bottom of issues? Here's how it seems to work: * The press secretary (or President, or whoever) makes a statement * He or she chooses a journalist to ask a question * Journalist asks question * Press secretary answers question in as much or as little detail as he/she wa…

You're right in that this does not significantly block NYT, etc.'s ability to gather news (btw you can check the transcripts online: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/press-briefings ) but it's an important symbolic gesture by the White House. Here's a cool post of how the 49 seats assignments have changed over time: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/03/25/ho...

If the only questions that are asked are softballs, then the only clips that CNN, etc, can air from the press conferences are well-prepared, pat answers. Which will tend to make the administration look better, rather than spluttering and indignant.

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

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Post by soapdog »

clamprecht wrote: post #11

For anyone who has actually watched these press briefings in their entirety: Does anyone else think these are pretty much the worst way to get to the bottom of issues? Here's how it seems to work: * The press secretary (or President, or whoever) makes a statement * He or she chooses a journalist to ask a question * Journalist asks question * Press secretary answers question in as much or as little detail as he/she wa…

> It's not like the press secretary is going to answer a question that he/she doesn't want to answer anyway.

Even when the press secretary refuses to answer a question, it is good because it draws attention to the topic at hand and this helps drive public awareness for important issues. Denial of comments is often as revealing as plain answers. Actually it is pretty good when they refuse to comment on something because you can make this a part of a larger article on a subject and then quote their refusal to comment. This helps make pressure on a sensitive topic way after the press event is done and then in the end some answers might be provided if sufficient attention is focused.

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

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Post by evan_ »

jeron wrote: post #24
nappy-doo wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In all fairness, did they know it happened? I'll reserve judgement.

If AP and Time knew and skipped out, they definitely knew as well.

It would've had to be a game-time decision by an individual reporter- I would give those organizations a little time to figure out what they want to do in response. This just happened.

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

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Post by thenayr »

aestetix wrote: post #48

Title is misleading. Press was blocked from a single press briefing. I do not see anything in the article about briefings going forward. Can someone change the title so it's less sensationalized? Edit: thanks to the moderator for removing the "s" and making the word "Briefing" singular to accurately reflect the article.

Fair criticism, however, it's very clear this will become the new norm moving forward after Trump's remarks this morning - http://nypost.com/2017/02/24/trump-doubles-down-on-fight-wit...

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

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Post by maxerickson »

Dangeranger wrote: post #126
maxerickson wrote: post #92

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Depends on if they start excluding organizations and lining up softballs from cranks.

This is exactly the strategy the WH is starting to employ. Look at Russian tactics against the press in 2006-2007 and you can predict the WH next move. They are stealing from their playbook. Revoke. Replace. Erode.

Maybe Infowars will get the president on the record about Pizzagate.

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

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Post by aestetix »

dang wrote: post #108
aestetix wrote: post #90

Wow, the downvotes are rolling in.

Please don't do this. It breaks the HN guidelines: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html . We detached this comment from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13727131 and marked it off-topic.

Duly noted. Is there any way to report vote thrashing, or do you have tools to detect it?
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