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[GK86]

Bunch of fucking snowflakes.

 

[BronsonLee]

Yeah this likely ends with them getting slapped down in court, again

Seems like a move that they didn't really think through, surprise

 

[Intheflorsh]

Free speech? Don't you mean fake speech?

#MAGA

 

[Lord Frieza]

Is this really not legal? I figured the White House could invite whoever they wanted, and disinvite in turn.

 

[Bluenoser]

Fuck this administration. Their corrupt, dictatorship like actions will bite them in the ass.

 

[Shoeless]

Next stop, abolishing elections.

 

[Hazmat]

Holy shit, this is really serious.

 

[Nerazar]

But her emails!

 

[sflufan]

Is this really not legal? I figured the White House could invite whoever they wanted, and disinvite in turn.

I'm fairly certain that this is perfectly legal. It's repulsive, but probably legal.

 

[mightynine]

Bunch of snowflakes in the White House who need their safe space.

 

[smokeymicpot]

Spicer requiring sign up for an 'expanded pool gaggle' -- w/ right to exclude reporters, after berating smaller pool this morning.

https://twitter.com/GlennThrush/status/835195801177632768

This is not good.

 

[Loudninja]

So very pathetic.

 

[Dead Prince]

Free speech when you speak positively about Trump. Good great.

 

[TylerD]

Will Fox say nothing?

So is the WH within its rights to do this?

Shep Smith likely will.

 

[GhaleonEB]

I imagine their preferred "press pool" consists of Brietbart, InfoWars and Fox.

Still, that's a big cut over. Just bam. Pure scum.

 

[Dishwalla]

This seems like one of those "attacks on free speech" thingies I hear so much about these days.

 

[theWB27]

Next stop, abolishing elections.

The next stop is not doing this nonsense again.

 

[jmdajr]

transparency!

 

[m_shortpants]

Trump is smart. He's painted the media as dishonest and his supporters eat that shit up.

Now, any credible news story on corruption or anything else can easily be dismissed as fake news.

Meanwhile he can curate whatever bullshit he wants about his numbers, his actions, and spoon feed it to his supporters directly through Twitter.

It's terrifying.

 

[Glix]

Any news organization that is attending, and not sitting out in protest is the fucking scum of the earth.

 

[ClosingADoor]

Come on CNN. "It's not like they are throwing people out of the room." No dude, because they are not letting you in!

 

[Vastag]

Has this happened before?

 

[jelly]

Getting too close for comfort. Take Trump down.

 

[mnannola]

This move will surely get the media on his side, way to go Trump admin!

They are not very good at this whole 'Politics' thing are they?

 

[Pop-O-Matic]

The national press is likely to be among the first institutional victims of Trumpism. There is no law that requires the presidential administration to hold daily briefings, none that guarantees media access to the White House. Many journalists may soon face a dilemma long familiar to those of us who have worked under autocracies: fall in line or forfeit access. There is no good solution (even if there is a right answer), for journalism is difficult and sometimes impossible without access to information.

The power of the investigative press—whose adherence to fact has already been severely challenged by the conspiracy-minded, lie-spinning Trump campaign—will grow weaker. The world will grow murkier. Even in the unlikely event that some mainstream media outlets decide to declare themselves in opposition to the current government, or even simply to report its abuses and failings, the president will get to frame many issues. Coverage, and thinking, will drift in a Trumpian direction, just as it did during the campaign—when, for example, the candidates argued, in essence, whether Muslim Americans bear collective responsibility for acts of terrorism or can redeem themselves by becoming the “eyes and ears” of law enforcement. Thus was xenophobia further normalized, paving the way for Trump to make good on his promises to track American Muslims and ban Muslims from entering the United States.

http://www2.nybooks.com/daily/s3/no...&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=sumome_share

 

[shadow_shogun]

Please CNN, for the love of all that's Holy. Do not bring back Kayleigh McEnany and Paris asshole and Rick Sanscrotum.

 

[sunshine and gasoline]

Trump admin continues to be a disgrace.

 

[Syder]

Is this really not legal? I figured the White House could invite whoever they wanted, and disinvite in turn.

Yeah, I want to know if it is illegal.

 

[RaidenZR]

Welp, they got their weekend-long news until the revised travel ban goes live. Wonder what other vile shit is going to get cooked up over the weekend while we're looking the other way.

 

[George Washington]

Please CNN, for the love of all that's Holy. Do not bring back Kayleigh McEnany and Paris asshole and Rick Sanscrotum.

It's hilariously sad that they're getting paid to spread propaganda.

 

[Iksenpets]

It's not really a press briefing at this point anymore, is it?

 

[OniBarubary]

I have to leave these political threads before I get banned for saying what I actually feel.

I need a break from them.

 

[efyu_lemonardo]

https://youtu.be/Xhb5v-udI44

Thank you George. You must be dizzy from all that spinning.

 

[Sblargh]

If Trump wants to act like a south american dictator, he should learn with us that you should call censorship "democratization of the media" instead of just flat out doing it.

 

[Angelus Errare]

Remember a few threads ago where they were put in rooms with covered windows at Mar-a-lago, and everyone asked them why they don't just rip them down? The journalists responded with they'd be blocked from future events, and people called them cowards...and that the WH wouldn't actually block them, just empty threats.

Well they didn't even rip them shits down and they're getting blocked.

 

[EGM1966]

Jesus you guys. Venice was a successful republic democracy for longer than you managed. You need to fix this shit.

 

[triplestation]

Let us all pray to the god of what the fuck

 

[Metroidvania]

Let's see Jeff Lord try to defend this.

....Actually, let's not.

 

[RaidenZR]

Please CNN, for the love of all that's Holy. Do not bring back Kayleigh McEnany and Paris asshole and Rick Sanscrotum.

Don't worry, Jeffrey Lord will weigh in to tell everyone why this is a good thing.

 

[sangreal]

Yeah, I want to know if it is illegal.

its not illegal, just unamerican

the WHCA should do something about it though

 

[Loudninja]

Trump is such a short sighted fool

 

[Massicot]

Come on CNN. "It's not like they are throwing people out of the room." No dude, because they are not letting you in!

Yea, what the hell was with that. Why offer this any sort of justification.

 

[SerTapTap]

This is literally nazi shit. How can republicans stand by?

 

[mreddie]

Welp, they got their weekend-long news until the revised travel ban goes live. Wonder what other vile shit is going to get cooked up over the weekend while we're looking the other way.

This shit too. Some people aren't seeing it.

 

[jelly]

Yeah this likely ends with them getting slapped down in court, again

Seems like a move that they didn't really think through, surprise

The courts are siding with fake news.

Step 2...fake courts.

 

[Saganator]

C'mon guys, Trump loves the free press. No one loves the free press more than Trump. He tremendously loves democracy, too.

 

[UberTag]

Next stop, abolishing elections.

They will seriously investigate their options to do this if they get beat down in 2018. That'll be the litmus test.
If they can't gerrymander / vote suppress their way to wins then they'll likely find a loophole of some kind to forego the 2020 election.

 

[Nerazar]

It's not really a press briefing at this point anymore, is it?

Breitbart and Info Wars are the new press. Deal with it.

 

[Loudninja]

I also would like people to stop thinking Trump is some master planner.

 

[smokeymicpot]

This is literally nazi shit. How can republicans stand by?

The narrative is set. They are fake news people buy that shit.