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TYT: AP Scandal Finally Wakes Up an Aggressive Press Corps
Published on May 14, 2013
"For journalists, privacy concerns and the Patriot Act just got personal. In two brutal press conferences Tuesday afternoon, the Obama administration caught both barrels from a newly aggressive press corps."*
After the announcement that the government had intruded and taken phone records from the Associated Press, it seemed to light a fire under normally docile White House reporters-- now THEIR rights are threatened! Ben Mankiewicz (Host, Turner Classic Movies) and Mark Thompson (Host, The Edge) break it down.
"For journalists, privacy concerns and the Patriot Act just got personal. In two brutal press conferences Tuesday afternoon, the Obama administration caught both barrels from a newly aggressive press corps."*
After the announcement that the government had intruded and taken phone records from the Associated Press, it seemed to light a fire under normally docile White House reporters-- now THEIR rights are threatened! Ben Mankiewicz (Host, Turner Classic Movies) and Mark Thompson (Host, The Edge) break it down.
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