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Old 02-24-2017, 03:37 PM  
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Originally Posted by Bladewire View Post
CNN is laying it on a bit thick. Being denied off-camera White House press briefings is different than the daily on camera press briefings where they still have access (but, where Spicer doesn't call on these outlets for questions anyway).

The constitution doesn't guarantee the press gets to interact with Sean Spicer, the press secretary, it provides the press the right to freedom of speech without censorship by the government.

That being said, the media is sticking together like a web because they know where this is headed if the don't got each others backs. Bannon openly admitted at CPAC yesterday that he wants to dismantle systems in the government (the reason people who hate certain government agencies are now appointed control of those agencies)
I disagree. If you cut out two very important news groups from any conversation, that's huge. I don't care if it was a speech, a full press conference, or a gaggle. Restricting access of the media is the first step of a dictatorship.
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