USA Today Refuses to Publish 'Official' Photos of Obama

[Zoom-boing]

Five years late but about damn time.

In a sign that infatuation with “the one” Barry Obama is wearing off, USA Today is refusing to prop up the regime by publishing the flattering photos handed out to the press. The Guardian reported:

A mini-revolt by news organisations against White House press restrictions gathered momentum Monday as USA Today joined other media shops to have declared a boycott on officially issued photographs.

“We do not publish, either in print or online, handout photos originating from the White House press office, except in very extraordinary circumstances,” deputy director Andrew Scott said in a memo to employees. “The functions of the president at the White House are fundamentally public in nature, and should be documented for the public by independent news organizations, not solely by the White House press office.”

Well, nice to see that news outlets are pushing back against the most transparent least transparent presidency in modern memory. And in a move that would make the U.N. proud, they’ve sent the White House a strongly worded letter:

The memo followed the submission to the White House last Thursday of a letter signed by 38 US media organisations to protest limits on photographers’ access.

“Journalists are routinely being denied the right to photograph or videotape the president while he is performing his official duties,” the letter said. “As surely as if they were placing a hand over a journalist’s camera lens, officials in this administration are blocking the public from having an independent view of important functions of the executive branch of government.”

The letter was signed by all the US network news divisions and major media organisations, including Gannett, owner of USA Today. USA Today is in the top tier of American newspapers, with a daily subscription base of about 1.7m, including digital editions.

USA Today Puts Foot Down on White House Propaganda - Refuses to Publish 'Official' Photos of Obama | Independent Journal Review

 

[LoneLaugher]

Oh no! This is horrible! Outrage!

 

[Trajan]

Five years late but about damn time.

In a sign that infatuation with “the one” Barry Obama is wearing off, USA Today is refusing to prop up the regime by publishing the flattering photos handed out to the press. The Guardian reported:

A mini-revolt by news organisations against White House press restrictions gathered momentum Monday as USA Today joined other media shops to have declared a boycott on officially issued photographs.

“We do not publish, either in print or online, handout photos originating from the White House press office, except in very extraordinary circumstances,” deputy director Andrew Scott said in a memo to employees. “The functions of the president at the White House are fundamentally public in nature, and should be documented for the public by independent news organizations, not solely by the White House press office.”

Well, nice to see that news outlets are pushing back against the most transparent least transparent presidency in modern memory. And in a move that would make the U.N. proud, they’ve sent the White House a strongly worded letter:

The memo followed the submission to the White House last Thursday of a letter signed by 38 US media organisations to protest limits on photographers’ access.

“Journalists are routinely being denied the right to photograph or videotape the president while he is performing his official duties,” the letter said. “As surely as if they were placing a hand over a journalist’s camera lens, officials in this administration are blocking the public from having an independent view of important functions of the executive branch of government.”

The letter was signed by all the US network news divisions and major media organisations, including Gannett, owner of USA Today. USA Today is in the top tier of American newspapers, with a daily subscription base of about 1.7m, including digital editions.

USA Today Puts Foot Down on White House Propaganda - Refuses to Publish 'Official' Photos of Obama | Independent Journal Review

yea well, controlling images is part of controlling the message, nothing can be left to chance, so what we've got is akin to the soviet Tass org. ....

 

[HelenaHandbag]

ZOMGOHNOESWTFNOWAY!

You mean this is finally the end of the Dear Leader halo pic?

 

[Sunni Man]

Once our beloved Pres. Obama went against Israel and made nice with Iran.

The jewish controlled American media has abandoned further Obama worship. .

 

[RetiredGySgt]

Once our beloved Pres. Obama went against Israel and made nice with Iran.

The jewish controlled American media has abandon further Obama worship. .

Ya cause if Bush were President and shut down access to the press, you and the rest of the Liberals would find nothing wrong with that right?

 

[Sunni Man]

Once our beloved Pres. Obama went against Israel and made nice with Iran.

The jewish controlled American media has abandon further Obama worship. .

Ya cause if Bush were President and shut down access to the press, you and the rest of the Liberals would find nothing wrong with that right?

I am Not a liberal you nitwit.......

 

[FA_Q2]

There is entirely too damn little coverage of this travesty. Obama claimed that he was going to create the most open and transparent presidency in history and here we are getting the most closed presidency that I can remember. He meddles in the media’s ability to actually report the news. That alone should be something that is utterly unacceptable to the people who cannot control a government that they are not allowed to know what it is doing.

It sickens me to see that no one seems to care.

 

[Politico]

ZOMGOHNOESWTFNOWAY!

You mean this is finally the end of the Dear Leader halo pic?

No just them getting any more.