“You Won’t Be Allowed Here Anymore” (What?)

things are getting weird around here.
i feel like it’s time to be on high alert.
 the following news was brought to my attention and welll..

CNN and other news outlets were blocked on Friday from attending an off-camera White House press briefing that other reporters were hand-picked to attend, raising alarm among media organizations and First Amendment watchdogs.

The decision struck veteran White House journalists as unprecedented in the modern era, and escalated tensions in the already fraught relationship between the Trump administration and the press.

The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, Politico, BuzzFeed, the BBC and the Guardian were also among those excluded from the meeting, which was held in White House press secretary Sean Spicer’s office. The meeting, which is known as a gaggle, was held in lieu of the daily televised Q-and-A session in the White House briefing room.

When reporters from these news organizations tried to enter Spicer’s office for the gaggle, they were told they could not attend because they were not on the list of attendees.

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 White House press pool usually includes representatives from one television outlet, one radio outlet and one print outlet, as well as reporters from a few wire services. 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.

“This is an unacceptable development by the Trump White House,” CNN said in a statement. “Apparently this is how they retaliate when you report facts they don’t like. We’ll keep reporting regardless.”

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.”

The White House press office had informed reporters earlier that the traditional, on-camera press briefing would be replaced by a gaggle in Spicer’s office, reporters in attendance said. Asked about the move by the White House Correspondents Association, the White House said it would take the press pool and invite others as well.

isn’t that suspicious?
or is it just me?
can someone explain the thought process to do this?
and does this mean the public won’t know anything going on?
that alone is scary af.

article taken: cnn

12 thoughts on ““You Won’t Be Allowed Here Anymore” (What?)

  1. Are people really that surprised? Many, and I mean many, journalists have threaten to kill Donald Trump and even tweeted about hiring an assassin. It’s totally understandable why these journalists weren’t invited. Also, they tend to spin his words around and not really listen on what he is saying.

    And stop throwing the word “fascism” – the only one who are the fascists are Antifa and most of the Left-wings.

    1. I’m not american so i don’t vote but if i could i think i would be democrat because we kinda share the same values. But i could easily be an Ana Navarro type of republican. Her and Elizabeth warren are just everything.

    1. Even at fox news they said Obama didn’t like them at all but he never did what trump is doing with the press. I mean if even fox news that is praised by trump admits the situation is bad now that means something.

  2. Yep, they even blocked my fav news outlet nydaily….these types of media/press shuns are str8 outta the worst fascist/authoritarian playbooks…they’re trying to instigate a war so that we have no choice but to become “patriotic” while they fill their coffers…and thru it all they ain’t tryin’a have Tapper ‘n company all up in that ass…people betta stay woke, cause it’s happening…

  3. @Jamari Fox,

    I’m telling you! NASA found those new planets and three of them are like Earth! I know we can build a new colony on those planets and start our lives there! I’m leaving the first spaceship out so I don’t get caught up in the “rapture.”

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