White House Correspondents' Association rebukes Trump over tweet on press credentials

[orangecrush]

The White House Correspondents' Association fired back at President Trump on Wednesday after he suggested revoking press credentials for journalists who cover his administration critically.

"Some may excuse the president's inflammatory rhetoric about the media, but just because the president does not like news coverage does not make it fake," Margaret Talev, the group's president and a White House correspondent for Bloomberg, said in a statement.

"A free press must be able to report on the good, the bad, the momentous and the mundane, without fear or favor," she continued. "And a president preventing a free and independent press from covering the workings of our republic would be an unconscionable assault on the First Amendment."


https://www.google.com/amp/thehill.com/homenews/media/386922-white-house-correspondents-association-rebukes-trump-over-tweet-on-press%3famp

NOW we have entered the full blown autocrat stage.

It is time to take away Trump's credentials.

[OnDoutside]

1. But Talev has no problem throwing comedians under the bus.

[malaise]

3. Ding ding

we have a winner

[gratuitous]

2. But won't they risk losing access?

Why is WHCA suddenly so worried? It's not like Trump just started calling negative coverage fake news. He's also called on his supporters to beat the crap out of anyone who disagrees, and pointed them toward the press pen at rallies. WHCA didn't give a rip then. And can Talev let the American people know when the free press intends to begin reporting without fear or favor? I'd sure like to see that! Anytime beginning now would be nice.

[orangecrush]

4. it certainly would be nice.

[NewJeffCT]

5. don't worry - they'll roll over for Trump

like they always do