Trump White House blocks CNN, NYT, LA Times, Politico and others from media briefing

[jc456]

Looks like the Trump administration has started a war against the free press. Anyone that says anything they don't like is barred from the White House and called fake news.

I really hate to say it but it really is right out of Hitler's playbook. The first thing he did was to control all media and shutdown any media that he didn't like.

Germany didn't have a first amendment, thank God we do!

We have a 1st amendment today, but what about next week?

 

[Richard-H]

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They've been acting like the press and they should be treated like the press.

Declaring the press to be the enemy of the American people is the first step in ending freedom of the press.

The press may be the enemy of the Trump administration, but they are by no means the enemy of the American people.

This seems to be right out of Putin's playbook....you can tell who he's getting his advice from.

They've been acting like what they are, the Soros controlled propaganda group.

The NY Times today is FAR less reliable for facts than Pravda under Stalin was.

Less reliable for facts or less reliable for 'alternative facts'?

Just because you don't like to hear it, because it does not conform to your personal delusions, does not mean that it is not true.

 

[Correll]

There goes our 1st amendment rights, whats next?

They act like the enemy, they get treated like the enemy, what could be more fair?

They've been acting like the press and they should be treated like the press.

Declaring the press to be the enemy of the American people is the first step in ending freedom of the press.

The press may be the enemy of the Trump administration, but they are by no means the enemy of the American people.

This seems to be right out of Putin's playbook....you can tell who he's getting his advice from.

They have NOT been acting like The Press. THey have been acting as political partisans of the LEft and the Establishment.


It has been complete bullshit that republicans have been pretending that the Press is neutral when they have not been.

Or do you think it is fair that HIllary got the questions for the debate ahead of time?

Was that fair? Was that acting like the Press?

 

[Correll]

Horseshit, flake. No one is preventing them from speaking. Trump is exercising his free speech to speak to whom he wishes - which ain't fake news agencies. Pay back is a bitch.

Controlling and demonizing the free press is the kind of democracy you applaud? Think about it. If you love America, why? Our freedoms? Doesn't sound like it.

NEVER question the Press' lies! You un-American Rube!

Why does Trump hate the press? because the press is calling him on his outrageous lies! Trump says something that is demonstrably untrue. Then, when this is pointed out, he cries "fake news" "alternative facts"!

Meanwhile, the dedicated partisans who fail to see that the emperor is, indeed, without clothes, rallies to his indefensible side and chimes along with the idiot that the press is lying.

All the while, our basic freedom of a free press is being eroded by an amateur, a petulant game show host with no statesmanlike qualities. And we're all supposed to skip along merrily with this subversion of America.

Trump lies! Get some new material
Everyoen knows this. Everyone also knows those people kicked out have been gargling bullshit for months.

So an adversarial relationship between the White House and the press is something to celebrate? Something to champion? Something healthy for our democracy?

Trump has been steadily undermining our democracy. He probably, if not absolutely colluded with the Russians to hack our democratic process. When Nixon did it in 1972 it was seen as a constitutional crisis. When Trump did it in 2016, his partisan supporters cheered!

Trump called the press 'the enemy of the American people'. Is this the attitude of a responsible democratic leader, or something more akin to an authoritarian strongman?

It may be that Trump has absolutely no experience in government. It may be that a minority of the electorate wanted an amateur, an outsider to 'shake things up'. It may be that Trump has utterly failed to surround himself with 'the best and brightest'. And it may be that Trump's vision of how the American people should be regarded is by purely amateurish means laced with petulance and division and fear mongering. And, unfortunately, some of that minority of the electorate is just as amateurish, crass, boorish and undemocratic as the huckster buffoon they voted for.

THe press has been undermining our democracy for decades. It is WAY pass time for them to be called on their bullshit.

 

[Richard-H]

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They've been acting like the press and they should be treated like the press.

Declaring the press to be the enemy of the American people is the first step in ending freedom of the press.

The press may be the enemy of the Trump administration, but they are by no means the enemy of the American people.

This seems to be right out of Putin's playbook....you can tell who he's getting his advice from.

They've been acting like what they are, the Soros controlled propaganda group.

The NY Times today is FAR less reliable for facts than Pravda under Stalin was.

Hey, you sure seem familiar with Pravda!

I got news for you comrade, you little coup is going to FAIL!

 

[ZZ PUPPS]

Horseshit, flake. No one is preventing them from speaking. Trump is exercising his free speech to speak to whom he wishes - which ain't fake news agencies. Pay back is a bitch.

Controlling and demonizing the free press is the kind of democracy you applaud? Think about it. If you love America, why? Our freedoms? Doesn't sound like it.

NEVER question the Press' lies! You un-American Rube!

Why does Trump hate the press? because the press is calling him on his outrageous lies! Trump says something that is demonstrably untrue. Then, when this is pointed out, he cries "fake news" "alternative facts"!

Meanwhile, the dedicated partisans who fail to see that the emperor is, indeed, without clothes, rallies to his indefensible side and chimes along with the idiot that the press is lying.

All the while, our basic freedom of a free press is being eroded by an amateur, a petulant game show host with no statesmanlike qualities. And we're all supposed to skip along merrily with this subversion of America.

Trump lies! Get some new material
Everyoen knows this. Everyone also knows those people kicked out have been gargling bullshit for months.

So an adversarial relationship between the White House and the press is something to celebrate? Something to champion? Something healthy for our democracy?

Trump has been steadily undermining our democracy. He probably, if not absolutely colluded with the Russians to hack our democratic process. When Nixon did it in 1972 it was seen as a constitutional crisis. When Trump did it in 2016, his partisan supporters cheered!

Trump called the press 'the enemy of the American people'. Is this the attitude of a responsible democratic leader, or something more akin to an authoritarian strongman?

It may be that Trump has absolutely no experience in government. It may be that a minority of the electorate wanted an amateur, an outsider to 'shake things up'. It may be that Trump has utterly failed to surround himself with 'the best and brightest'. And it may be that Trump's vision of how the American people should be regarded is by purely amateurish means laced with petulance and division and fear mongering. And, unfortunately, some of that minority of the electorate is just as amateurish, crass, boorish and undemocratic as the huckster buffoon they voted for.

The press created the adversarial relationship, not the President. They pulled their biased reporting tricks and are now paying the price.

It's over for you socialists. Lie, bitch and moan all you wish. America will not listen to your propaganda any longer.

 

[TheOldSchool]

The first step in fascism is eliminating dissent

And you feel that dissent against Trump has been eliminated?

Fascists can never fully stamp out dissent. They can get close, though. Trump's only had a month. Give him time.

 

[jc456]

Good Gawd you people are stupid. You would think the first thing a person tries to understand when discussing politics is the Constitution..

Yes the 1st amendment gives us a right to a free press

so which part is trump impacting? is the press there?

 

[Papageorgio]

There goes our 1st amendment rights, whats next?

Horseshit, flake. No one is preventing them from speaking. Trump is exercising his free speech to speak to whom he wishes - which ain't fake news agencies. Pay back is a bitch.

Pay

It's National No Fake News day.

Freedom of the press?

So every news outlet needs to be admitted for us to have a free press?

Every major outlet, yes

Who decides what media outlet is a major news outlet?

 

[Spare_change]

You will notice that the OP cited the CNN headline but not the actual story.

Here's the rest ....

They were blocked from attending a "pool" press presentation. During a "pool" presentation, only a subset of the media is allowed to attend with the understanding that they will share their notes/videos with the other reporters.

From the content of the CNN story:

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.

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."

That would hardly seem to be stifling the press.

Once again, the left distorts the story.

 

[Nosmo King]

Controlling and demonizing the free press is the kind of democracy you applaud? Think about it. If you love America, why? Our freedoms? Doesn't sound like it.

NEVER question the Press' lies! You un-American Rube!

Why does Trump hate the press? because the press is calling him on his outrageous lies! Trump says something that is demonstrably untrue. Then, when this is pointed out, he cries "fake news" "alternative facts"!

Meanwhile, the dedicated partisans who fail to see that the emperor is, indeed, without clothes, rallies to his indefensible side and chimes along with the idiot that the press is lying.

All the while, our basic freedom of a free press is being eroded by an amateur, a petulant game show host with no statesmanlike qualities. And we're all supposed to skip along merrily with this subversion of America.

Trump lies! Get some new material
Everyoen knows this. Everyone also knows those people kicked out have been gargling bullshit for months.

So an adversarial relationship between the White House and the press is something to celebrate? Something to champion? Something healthy for our democracy?

Trump has been steadily undermining our democracy. He probably, if not absolutely colluded with the Russians to hack our democratic process. When Nixon did it in 1972 it was seen as a constitutional crisis. When Trump did it in 2016, his partisan supporters cheered!

Trump called the press 'the enemy of the American people'. Is this the attitude of a responsible democratic leader, or something more akin to an authoritarian strongman?

It may be that Trump has absolutely no experience in government. It may be that a minority of the electorate wanted an amateur, an outsider to 'shake things up'. It may be that Trump has utterly failed to surround himself with 'the best and brightest'. And it may be that Trump's vision of how the American people should be regarded is by purely amateurish means laced with petulance and division and fear mongering. And, unfortunately, some of that minority of the electorate is just as amateurish, crass, boorish and undemocratic as the huckster buffoon they voted for.

THe press has been undermining our democracy for decades. It is WAY pass time for them to be called on their bullshit.

Please give me three examples of how the American press has been 'undermining our democracy for decades'.

Reporting stories you disagree with are not examples. Reporting stories that truly undermine our democracy is what I want to hear about.

 

[basquebromance]

someone's actin like a dictator again!

White House blocks CNN, other news organizations from press briefing

 

[jc456]

Controlling and demonizing the free press is the kind of democracy you applaud?

There is a BIG difference between 'Foreign-Owned, bias, Liberal Propaganda Arm of the DNC' and 'Press'...

Nope you are wrong,

NO, snowflake...I am NOT! The fact that you KNOW I am right frightens you, which makes you protest and object so much.

Tell us your reaction if Obama had done the same.

i think he kinda did.

 

[jc456]

The first step in fascism is eliminating dissent

The first step in fascism is eliminating dissent

Who is preventing them from writing or reporting?

The so-called President, to the extent that he can

obummer? that's exactly right.

 

[Correll]

The first step in fascism is eliminating dissent

And you feel that dissent against Trump has been eliminated?

Fascists can never fully stamp out dissent. They can get close, though. Trump's only had a month. Give him time.

So, you see rapid progress being made in stamping out dissent?

Can you expand on how this has been done, or witnessed?

Have the mass demonstrations been carted off to camps?

Have the hostile press been shut down?

Has Hollywood had censors placed in their studios at gunpoint?

 

[kiwiman127]

It's National No Fake News day.

No, they aren't "fake news".
Just because your hero says they are fake news, doesn't make them fake news.
Your hero isn't man enough to take criticism or have his own words used against him, so like the wimp he is, he acts like an immature spoiled brat and cries "fae news", just like the Nazis did in Germany in the 1930's.
(Use Google and look up the word “Lügenpresse” and it's history.) Do you like replicating Nazi Germany?
You and your comrades have been brain-washed, just like the Brown Shirts, does that make you proud?

 

[SYTFE]

What an authoritarian piece of shit.

 

[Richard-H]

There goes our 1st amendment rights, whats next?

Horseshit, flake. No one is preventing them from speaking. Trump is exercising his free speech to speak to whom he wishes - which ain't fake news agencies. Pay back is a bitch.

Pay

It's National No Fake News day.

Freedom of the press?

So every news outlet needs to be admitted for us to have a free press?

Every major outlet, yes

Who decides what media outlet is a major news outlet?

Viewership.

 

[jc456]

How does doing what he did affect the first? Try actually coming up with a response this time

You are of course FOS, because you know what your reaction would have been had Obama blocked 3 or 4 conservative news sources.

how many conservative news sources are there that go to a briefing? Perhaps some were not there at obummers. huh?

 

[Spare_change]

As a follow-up, this is such a big threat to freedom of the press:

1) ABCnews.com doesn't mention it
2) NBCnews.com doesn't mention it
3) Foxnews.com doesn't mention it.

Interesting, don't you think?

Addendum: Even more interesting ... the only place, other than CNN, that I can find the story is on www.townhall.com, a decidedly CONSERVATIVE leaning website.

Guess it isn't as big a story as CNN and the OP would like you to believe. Or, is this the very definition of fake news?