Trump administration ramps up efforts to block media

[Mr. Sparkle]

Source: CNN

President Donald Trump said Friday that his administration "can get around the media when the media doesn't tell the truth, so I like that." The president was referring to his Twitter account. But recently he has taken steps to control news coverage.

The Trump administration has given preferential access to favorable outlets while excluding others -- a move critics say is dangerously reminiscent of state-controlled media. In the latest incident, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson invited Fox News to cover his meeting at the Korean Demilitarized Zone, on the North-South Korea border, but denied access to the press pool that provides all media outlets with an account of the secretary's activities.

"Fox unilateral network team was allowed into this meeting -- pool asked for access and was blocked," wrote CNN's Pamela Boykoff, the author of Friday's pool report. "Local embassy official told the pool it was 'the Secretary's decision.'"

Tillerson was already being criticized for refusing to allow pool reporters to accompany him on his plane during the trip, which had been a standard practice for his predecessors at the State Department. Tillerson did allow a reporter from the conservative Independent Journal Review to accompany him, but not as a pool reporter.

Read more: http://money.cnn.com/2017/03/17/media/trump-administration-blocks-media/

[sharedvalues]

1. Media members: are you planning to stand up for truth?

How to fact check Trump without repeating lies. This is one of the most important clips I've seen in the past few months. I wish more media members would watch it.


https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2017/02/26/us/trump-prof-fact-check-cnntv/index.html

[bullimiami]

6. Stop obsessing over what they say and concentrate on what they do.

Its what the media should have done from the start.

[lark]

16. This is so necessary.

They need to follow the Maddow rule, ignore the tweets for the planned distractions that they are and focus on what he actually does.
Cutting healthcare so rich pay less, cutting Meals on Wheels when he personally causes us to spend that amount of $, 3million, every week he goes to Mara Lago. He's a small minded, hate filled, greedy, ignorant asshole, at his best. He's an embarassment to every American with a brain.

[DK504]

2. Does this gang of felons really want to start this war with the media?

If they don't allow the "administration's" message out, the media WILL go to other sources. DonnaRhea will be brought up for impeachment.

[beachbum bob]

3. trump admin will lose any war with the media...not a winning move for trump but it is expected

media will only dig deeper and may actually benefit in making them do their jobs

[monmouth4]

4. Tillerson is trouble, he's sneaky and sly. Watch him..n/t

[MBS]

12. Agreed. n/t

[calimary]

14. Agreed! He needs to be watched. That's probably why he doesn't like reporters around him.

Typical CEO who figures he's answerable to nobody, or at least not the "great unwashed." With Exxon-Mobil, he at least had to be responsive to a board of directors, but then again, they were all like him - ultra-privileged, wealthy, pampered, pandered to, fawned over, admired and envied for their wealth, power, and privilege.

NOBODY in this bunch is used to full public accountability in the full light of day, out from behind those closed executive suites in the top floors where most of the elevators don't go and you need some sort of key card to get to and the security guards are there to make sure you don't even get as far as that elevator door.

[Blue Idaho]

18. You forgot sleepy...

Very, very, sleepy...

[monmouth4]

20. Hahaha, yes, that too. n/t

[olegramps]

5. Fascist have taken over the government thanks to lazy Americans who don't vote or get informed.

The so-called MCM was just as negligent as it was in the run-up to the Iraq fiasco. Most of the commentators are little more than corporate shills whon't say shit if the had a mouth full.

[elmac]

7. he wants the corporate controlled networks

to fall in line, be his propaganda minister like Fucx. Well, I bet most will because they are not in it for the news, they are in it for the $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ just like the orange nazi.

[Jim__]

8. Time to remove these arrogant assholes. IMPEACH!!!

[secondwind]

9. Jared & Co. want to open their own cable news network... n/t

[Mc Mike]

10. Typical repuglinazi move. rec, nt.

[world wide wally]

11. I wonder how many people feel the same way I do.

I don't really care if the press is in the room with any of these people as long as they can accurately report what happens

[Cryptoad]

13. Since Corps are now ,,,,

considered to have personhood under the Law,,,do they not now have equal protection under the Law?

[mulsh]

15. Perhaps if the media had a moritorium on reporting tweets or attending white house bull sessions and

spent time researching and reporting on actions the public would actually be informed. For instance I've yet to see any extensive coverage of last weeks Executive Order which re-organizes the executive branch. I've seen tons of blather covering the current white house lie.
weird huh?

[zentrum]

17. Fine. He'll..

...make our MSM more and more adversarial and finally after years of mostly taking dictation, they will get back to real journalism.

Democracy needs an adversarial, skeptical press. Not obeisance in order to get "access" which is how they've thought of their job until now.

Bring on the Murrows! Bring on the Bernsteins! Those guys weren't hampered by "no access".

[NoMoreRepugs]

19. c'mon MSM - take the frickin' gloves off and go after this asshat

no need to say or do anything but report the truth

[pecosbob]

21. So that means

anytime he takes to twitter, he's lying.

[annabanana]

22. either that or just the usual festivus

"airing of the grievances"

[Kimchijeon]

23. I don't see this practice going away anytime soon

But journalism is stronger than ever, the coverage has been pretty good from outside the US, and in print journalism.

Just don't expect corporate profit-cable infotainment "news" to be changing their approach. They are only as "daring" as the bottom line dictates. It's really infuriating that so many keep expecting they will suddenly become journalists and "blast open" some big scoop.

Granted, if Murdoch, Koch Bros etc want Trump out, we can expect to see cable "news" accomplishing that goal. Until then, no.

It's almost humorous that the trump admin wants to block cable news from access, they were such a huge part in helping to get these fuckers into office, after all. It's really insane.