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Rochard · 02-24-2017, 02:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Robbie

Rochard is exaggerating.

But it IS funny that CNN and the New York Times weren't allowed to attend the "Gaggle".

I'll fill in any of you who are like Rochard and don't do any real digging but just listen to the fake news that's being shoveled out.

CNN is still going to be able to be at every White House Press Conference. Just like always.

BUT...the White House press secretary always has "unofficial" get-togethers called a "Gaggle" as well.

In the "Gaggle" a press pool is formed and that pool is used to get the info out to the rest of the media.
It's basically a daily discussion.

The press secretary decided to EXPAND the pool to include a few more people than the normal one or two people allowed to attend.

CNN and the New York Times were not invited and tried to CRASH the "gaggle" with no clearance.

They were turned away.

That is the REAL story.
Not the stupid shit that CNN has on their front page and that Rochard is repeating like a parrot.

You would think by now that Rochard would simply have researched this.
Hell, the CNN story on it even tells you exactly what I just wrote. lol

All Rochard had to do was just read the story and not just the headline.

Sure, I'm exaggerating.

White House blocks news organizations from press briefing

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 Drumpf administration and the press.

The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, Politico and BuzzFeed 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.

So now the White House picks which news outlets get access.

Bullshit. This entire administration is dirty going all the way back from the campaign. They are trying to contain the situation, and failing.