A new tactic for DNC/DWS to discourage coverage of the dem debate? Icerink holding pen 4 press?

[peacebird]

Saturday's Democratic primary debate will be unique for more than just the fact that it's a debate scheduled for the Saturday before Christmas, or that the local ABC affiliate was pushed out over a labor dispute.
The media will be literally, on ice. A memo sent to reporters by host network ABC News warned that the media filing center is in an ice rink, and as such, reporters should bundle up.
"Please note in order to accommodate everyone, the media filing center is on St. Anselm’s hockey rink in the Sullivan Arena. Please remember to dress warmly," the memo reads.


Read more: http://www.politico.com/blogs/on-media/2015/12/debate-memo-to-reporters-bundle-up-216907#ixzz3uc1CEEvT

http://www.politico.com/blogs/on-media/2015/12/debate-memo-to-reporters-bundle-up-216907

Every time I think DWS has sunk to her lowest, there comes another revelation....

[hill2016]

1. maybe

they ran out of room?

[peacebird]

8. And they couldn't set up a heated tent? Like our company always did outside for the winter meeting?

Or like the Tour de France does for press covering the race?

[NCTraveler]

2. Right where they deserve to be. On ice. nt.

[JonLeibowitz]

9. Thin, Thin, ice.

[NCTraveler]

14. Yup. They disrespect your candidate and mine.

The right wing media plays little favor to our side. They suck.

[peacebird]

11. Or roped off during a parade.... Yes, Hillary's relationship with the press is 'complicated'

[NCTraveler]

16. I don't think it is complicated.

We have a good understanding of the right wing media. Pretty simple actually. The instance you are talking about I will say she let them too close.

[tecelote]

24. Ha! They certainly do.

[jeff47]

3. This is getting pretty absurd.

But I'm looking forward to debate #5 being scheduled for Sunday, February 7th at about 9pm.

I hear there's some sort of sporting competition that kicks off at 8:30 on that night, but I'm sure it won't affect viewership of the debate!

[peacebird]

6. You HAVE to be effin kidding me??? DWS picked Superbowl night for a debate???

Un-effin-believable..... This DNC/DLC/ThirdWay partisan crap is going to make the end result all the sweeter, when we get a repeat of the upset of 2008.

[JonLeibowitz]

10. It's a joke... :-)

[peacebird]

17. Thanks, have a high fever and am a bit spacey today as a result...

Doxycycline, aspirin, & ibuprofen are my friends....

[Renew Deal]

46. Feel better

Something is going around.

[Blue_Adept]

12. You know you can find a list of debates, right?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party_presidential_debates,_2016

Better to do a five-second google search rather than look so utterly gullible? All this says is that you'll believe anything anyone saws about the DNC and DWS.

[peacebird]

18. See 17, am a bit fuzzy with a fever of 102.

[Ed Suspicious]

34. Some people are so eager to let out their inner jerk.

Sorry your fellow poster felt the need to issue the public reprimand.

[jeff47]

15. It's a joke. #5 Hasn't been scheduled yet.

But it would no longer surprise me.

[peacebird]

19. Google says Jan 17 inCharleston, NC.... I didn't know there was a Charleston, NC.

[jeff47]

20. That's #4. And it looks like your source typoed NC instead of SC. (nt)

[peacebird]

22. Good, love Charleston, SC! Beautiful place.

[LiberalArkie]

30. Is there an ice storm scheduled then?

[JonLeibowitz]

21. It is in Charleston, SC :-)

[tecelote]

27. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Democracy be damned.

The Onion couldn't have done better.

[Le Taz Hot]

4. Oh, THAT'S gonna go over well with the press.

[sonofspy777]

5. Makes it quite clear

That they know Clinton has lost both the debates thus far.

[peacebird]

7. I like the way you think.

[erronis]

35. +++

[Renew Deal]

47. You know that the debates were scheduled before the debates started right?

[jeff47]

55. Nope. Only 1-4 were. (nt)

[MisterP]

23. they did this with Reagan, too: they'd gun the helicopter engines when the press

asked him questions as he walked up the South Lawn



no doubt they blame "the media" for the VRWC and are extra-vitriolic in their plans for them--but it's frankly dangerous to get this insulated, when everyone tells you that every flub was a gold-plated exemplar that should be taught in rhetoric classes for two millennia, and that every cocktail-napkin sketch is the next lightbulb: that's how we get Peter Thiel and Elon Musk's ravings

[WillyT]

25. K & R !!!

[Ferd Berfel]

26. The DNC and DWS DO NOT represent me. They represent Wll Street.

Bernie represents me.

[notadmblnd]

28. Bucking for a cabinet position, keeping fingers crossed to be selected as HRC's running mate?

Maybe she's just afraid to go against HRC, I hear HRC keeps a revenge list.

[kenfrequed]

29. It is crappy...

I don't know if this is another example of DWS being a problem this time. She has already done plenty of damage with the schedule and the limited number of debates and the really stupid rules.

Oh, and refusing to support a few democrats running in Florida to unseat republicans is the big reason she should be gone. Screwing with the debate schedule is just crappy politics. Not trying to help Democrats win elections should get her the boot!

[Armstead]

31. Oh Sweet Jesus -- Maybe they should air it on Comedy Central

[erronis]

36. That is a great idea! I know two candidates who would agree

but probably not the DWS pick.

[restorefreedom]

32. wow, i did NOT think dws could go any lower

good thing its all gonna backfire....

[erronis]

38. It should backfire. But they know how to use silencers.

(just in case, not the ones attached to the end of a murdering weapon)

[restorefreedom]

40. true, but i believe the wave

is not in their favor. i keep remembering all the efforts to stop people from voting in 12 to not re elect pres o. the numbers were too overwhelming. i think thats what we have now. they can stop some, but they can't stop all.

[FloridaBlues]

33. Yea I'm sure Hillary and the DNC plotted this whole thing out ! Really too much

To keep viewership down. They own ABC tv station too.
Disney sold it to them while you weren't looking.

[99Forever]

51. Occum's Razor says...

It is exactly so.


Corrupt politicians gotta corrupt.

[NurseJackie]

37. ... and they'll be served beverages in paper cups! PAPER CUPS!! >:-/

Isn't that AWFUL?! They should have a candlelight supper and be served with on Royal Worcester double-glazed Avignon china and Royal Doulton china with hand-painted periwinkles!



How can ANY professional reporter be expected to file their stories under such difficult circumstances. It's just SO UNFAIR for them to be treated like that!

[JDPriestly]

39. Is the DNC deliberately sabotaging the 2016 election?

[restorefreedom]

42. the dnc would rather see trump than bernie

they know the party and gravy train are over with bernie. they can see where this is headed. if they cant have hillary, theyd rather have a repub.

[GoneFishin]

52. I agree. The division between red and blue is fake. The real division is between the 99% and 1%.

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And DWS is not on team 99%.

[restorefreedom]

54. yup. d vs r is in the past.

its the people vs the plutocracy.

[Roland99]

44. They just want to crown Queen Flip-Flopper

[George II]

41. I don't believe it, where are the union supporters around here? The affiliate was "booted"....

....because of a union dispute. If they weren't "booted" we'd be hearing a hue and cry about the DNC being anti-union.

Come on folks, you can't play both sides.

And the ice rink? Its the "FILING CENTER" where the press goes to pick up their credentials, it's not where they're going to spend the entire debate!!

Sometimes one has to wonder..........

[Roland99]

43. Before long, they'll put the media in a basement and take away their red Swingline staplers

[marym625]

45. WTF!

Damn!

[MoonRiver]

48. The conspiracy runs far and wide!

Now if I could just figure out who's conspiring against what!

[CharlotteVale]

49. I'm surprised she didn't schedule it on Christmas.

[AgingAmerican]

50. Right wing bizarre world

The further right a person goes, the more corrupt they become.

[GoneFishin]

53. Consulting with Karl Rove probably.