You are not a constitutionalist. A free and unfettered press is part of the Constitution. Trump violated that because he didn't like the question.
--LOL he has not stopped CNN from continuing with their lies
They had every right to be there. Trump violated their first amendment rights.
no they dont
Yes. The first amendment gives them the right to be there. As a courtesy, and for convenience, the press has agreed to use the pool system but that doesn't eliminate the tight of the press to freely ask questions.
freedom of the press is a right. much like all rights, they need to be respect or you lose them. why would the press be above the loss of rights when the rest of us are not, once we abuse them?
i worked my way through college as a photo journalist for a small town in western oklahoma. my final year i left the newspaper and worked for the college to finish my minor in journalism and my other degree. what is being done today is far from journalism in the traditional sense. but even then i had to abide by police and other laws when i did my reporting. if i went to a city council meeting and acted the fool to embarrass someone, i would be escorted out and called into my editors office the next day and seriously cussed out. you see, i am there at these meetings by invite and if i don't respect that, i lose the invite.
now this wasn't to say i couldn't write or report negative news. can, did, no issues. but i had to act professionally in these meetings or i was out the door. period. end of story. journalism today has pushed any semblance of respect out the door and they WANT the drama. sure fire hits, ya know?
"“At the conclusion of a press event in the Oval Office a reporter shouted questions and refused to leave despite repeatedly being asked to do so,” Sanders said. “Subsequently, our staff informed her she was not welcome to participate in the next event, but made clear that any other journalist from her network could attend.”"
the event was over. the reporter kept on and on and after being asked to stop, he refused. if someone isn't going to cooperate with the rules, boot their happy ass out. there needs to be consequences for bad behavior and i'm sorry that upsets you and others but this reporter brought it upon herself in this instance and *this* reporter here has zero sympathy for those who think they are above common courtesy.
i have no sympathy for ANYONE who can't conduct themselves in a proper manner regardless of the event. you wanna act 12, you get treated that way. end of story.
so if she lost her "rights" due to her own behaviors, good. next time maybe she'll not do that and follow the rules everyone else doesn't seem to have an issue following. maybe you should ask yourself why she can't or what puts her above all else in this instance.