Press Barred from White House Events
What Happened to Freedom Of the Press?
White House blocks access to Obama events, news groups say
Read more here: WASHINGTON: White House blocks access to Obama events, news groups say | White House | McClatchy DC
What happened to Freedom of the Press? How do we know what Obama is saying to one group of Americans and then to another group of Americans? Is he afraid hell be caught in lies? You bet he is!
Hes taken this from Hillary Clintons playbook. She is doing the same thing!
We need transparency and the press to keep things honest. Did I just say that????
White House blocks access to Obama events, news groups say
WASHINGTON The nations largest news organizations lodged a complaint Thursday against the White House for imposing unprecedented limitations on photojournalists covering President Barack Obama, which they say have harmed the publics ability to monitor its own government.
The organizations accuse the White House of banning photojournalists from covering Obama at some events, and then later releasing its own photos and videos of the same events.
Journalists are routinely being denied the right to photograph or videotape the president while he is performing his official duties, according to a letter the organizations sent to the White House. As surely as if they were placing a hand over a journalists camera lens, officials in this administration are blocking the public from having an independent view of important functions of the executive branch of government.
In each case, journalists werent allowed and sometimes were unaware of the event. The White House later released written summaries of the events, along with photos taken by a government photographer.
On Thursday, the presidents of the American Society of News Editors and the Associated Press Media Editors sent a letter to their members urging them to stop using handout photos and video from the White House.
Read more here: WASHINGTON: White House blocks access to Obama events, news groups say | White House | McClatchy DC
What happened to Freedom of the Press? How do we know what Obama is saying to one group of Americans and then to another group of Americans? Is he afraid hell be caught in lies? You bet he is!
Hes taken this from Hillary Clintons playbook. She is doing the same thing!
We need transparency and the press to keep things honest. Did I just say that????