Tillerson: 'I'm Not A Big Media Press Access Person'
Source: Talking Points Memo
By CAITLIN MACNEAL Published MARCH 18, 2017, 11:33 AM EDT
Under scrutiny for declining to bring the diplomatic press corps on his trip to Asia this week, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson defended his decision in an interview published Saturday, saying that he simply doesn't make press access a priority.
"I’m not a big media press access person. I personally don’t need it. I understand it’s important to get the message of what we’re doing out, but I also think there’s only a purpose in getting the message out when there’s something to be done," Tillerson told the Independent Journal Review.
"And so we have a lot of work to do, and when we’re ready to talk about what we’re trying to do, I will be available to talk to people," he continued. "But doing daily availability, I don’t have this appetite or hunger to be that, have a lot of things, have a lot of quotes in the paper or be more visible with the media."
Tillerson did not bring a crew of reporters on his trip abroad, breaking with State Department tradition. The Secretary of State only invited a reporter from the conservative outlet Independent Journal Review, and she did not file pool reports making other reporters aware of Tillerson's activities. The press complained about the lack of access.
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You do whatever you want. SOS Tillerson. 
We know all this is just a prelude to your visit to Russia, removal of sanctions, and ExxonMobil and the investors living happily ever after - until even the rich can't breathe.
"Destroying the administrative state" is just a sideline distraction while the American oligarchs complete their true mission.
in whatever forms possible, twitter, FB.. whatever..
Get that word out....
YOU WORK FOR US!!!
your fucking fired
You have proposed to gut and cut the State Department out 28% of the funding, just like Jason Chaffetz did when Clinton was in the State Department, he, Chaffetz did this, here let's remind everyone what you and Chaffetz are all about and not protecting the citizens of this country.
The State Department keeps me and my family safe and this country safe, ass****
https://thinkprogress.org/gop-rep-i-absolutely-voted-to-cut-funding-for-embassy-security-d66fbfac18ea#.tgesfove6
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/mar/16/state-department-foreign-aid-funding-cuts-trump-budget
...exercizing their First Amendment rights. The public demanding transparency, whatever that is. The lack of quiet rooms where businessmen can make gentlemen's agreements without scrutiny. Because it's all business and all money and the transfer of wealth. How can the peasants not understand that?
Poor Tillerson. I wonder if we can make him quit, or if it would be better for him to stick around until the NSA and/or FBI confirm the level of money-laundering going on.
