Quote (excellence @ Feb 24 2017 02:22pm)

Guild: The Art of +1ing
quite appropriate

Quote (Surfpunk @ 24 Feb 2017 16:23)

Oh, pls

(Guild: pls - cwatIdidthar?)

Quote (fender @ 24 Feb 2017 21:10)

q.e.d.

you actually did, how pathetic. btw, i clearly commented on the topic directly before you. if anything you seem to be following ME around. plz stop it, poo...

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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.

Asked 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."

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.

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."

Quote (Skinned @ Feb 24 2017 03:28pm)

http://money.cnn.com/2017/02/24/media/cnn-blocked-white-house-gaggle/index.html



This administration is dangerous.

Quote (excellence @ Feb 24 2017 02:26pm)

yes, getting your +1s in spamming the President Trump thread - well done 09 spawn :rofl:

Quote (Surfpunk @ Feb 24 2017 01:31pm)

It's not about the +1. It's about the art of it.

But I suppose, having to have things spelled out for you is a common occurrence.

Quote (Skinned @ Feb 24 2017 03:28pm)

http://money.cnn.com/2017/02/24/media/cnn-blocked-white-house-gaggle/index.html



This administration is dangerous.

Quote (Master_Zappy @ Feb 24 2017 01:33pm)

They should sit cnn next to infowars, that would be fitting.
This move isnt curtailing media access, there was a gaggle of pretty much the usual press allowed in, and one event doesnt show a pattern exclusion either.I think this is a temporary humorous response to what I would call unfair bias/reporting.

Quote (Warlock316 @ Feb 24 2017 02:07pm)

right.... when trump uses his power to SHUT DOWN the news outlets he disagrees with, you can yell "he broke the first amendment!!!!"

telling them to piss off and not inviting them to the party isnt breaking the first amendment