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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Tue Apr 25, 2017, 01:55 PM Apr 2017

Conservative media figures disappointed with Trump meeting

Source: The Hill


BY JONATHAN EASLEY - 04/25/17 06:00 AM EDT

Some conservative media figures invited to an exclusive event with President Trump on Monday night left the White House frustrated and complaining that Trump's staff had intentionally sought to limit what they could report out of the meeting.

The White House invitation to about 30 conservative reporters, editors, columnists and radio personalities was originally billed as a background briefing with the president, meaning that they couldn't attribute quotes to individual sources in the room. The gathering was instead meant to show the White House’s appreciation for outlets it believes are routinely ignored or marginalized by the mainstream press.

Representatives from Newsmax, Breitbart, Townhall, The Daily Caller and radio voices like Larry O’Connor and John Fredericks mingled with White House press secretary Sean Spicer, chief strategist Stephen Bannon, chief of staff Reince Priebus and the White House communications team.

Reporters were asked to surrender their cellphones before entering the Roosevelt Room, a meeting room in the West Wing across from the Oval Office. Their phones were stored in lockers outside the room. One source said White House director of media affairs Helen Aguirre Ferre explained that phones had to be kept out because the Roosevelt Room is a SCIF, or a sensitive compartmented information facility, where officials view classified information.

Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/330356-conservative-media-disappointed-with-trump-meeting

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Conservative media figures disappointed with Trump meeting (Original Post) DonViejo Apr 2017 OP
Awwwwwww.... Nwgirl503 Apr 2017 #1
What! Roy Rolling Apr 2017 #2
I'm sure the right wing German press felt the same way when louis-t Apr 2017 #3
This is shocking! Richmond has an AM radio station 820? underpants Apr 2017 #4
So if that is supposed to be a "secure room" BumRushDaShow Apr 2017 #5
Newsmax and Breitbart are marginalized for a reason. They're deranged liars. emulatorloo Apr 2017 #6
Why should they care? paleotn Apr 2017 #7
Is there no lemon law on election coups? Oh the humanity!!! ffr Apr 2017 #8
The irony of those conservative racist anti (small d) democratic rats in the Roosevelt Room irisblue Apr 2017 #9
Suckers! get the red out Apr 2017 #10
Trump disappoints everyone, sooner or later. Orsino Apr 2017 #11

Nwgirl503

(406 posts)
1. Awwwwwww....
Tue Apr 25, 2017, 02:02 PM
Apr 2017

Lil snowflakes figuring out they're maybe just pawns? Bet they felt super VIP getting the invite tho.

Literally lol'ing.

underpants

(182,769 posts)
4. This is shocking! Richmond has an AM radio station 820?
Tue Apr 25, 2017, 02:26 PM
Apr 2017

I looked up John Fredericks - never heard of him.

I had no idea there was an AM 820 radio station.

BumRushDaShow

(128,844 posts)
5. So if that is supposed to be a "secure room"
Tue Apr 25, 2017, 02:31 PM
Apr 2017

did they illegally give these RW loons all sorts of classified info to use to generate more fake CT stories?

paleotn

(17,911 posts)
7. Why should they care?
Tue Apr 25, 2017, 03:39 PM
Apr 2017

They're going to just make shit up anyway. That is their modas operandi in all things. They don't need factual info for that.

irisblue

(32,967 posts)
9. The irony of those conservative racist anti (small d) democratic rats in the Roosevelt Room
Tue Apr 25, 2017, 03:57 PM
Apr 2017

is a semisweet thing.

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