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LAS14

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9. Wall Street Journal, likewise.

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Fri Feb 24, 2017, 09:36 PM

Feb 2017

The Wall Street Journal, which did participate in the briefing, said in a statement that it was unaware of the exclusions and "had we known at the time, we would not have participated, and we will not participate in such closed briefings in the future."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/02/24/white-house-blocks-cnn-new-york-times-from-press-briefing-hours-after-trump-slams-media/

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Statement from Bloomberg editor in chief John Micklethwait on the WH Barring Certain Media [View all] kpete Feb 2017 OP

THANKING Mr. Micklethwait Skittles Feb 2017 #1

EVERY News Organization should issue this kind of statement and live by it Pachamama Feb 2017 #2

They wouldn't miss much. Those press briefings and press conferences... LAS14 Feb 2017 #16

Exactly - Stop reporting the lies and dig for the truth. Marie Marie Feb 2017 #23

$$$$$$ SammyWinstonJack Feb 2017 #28

Relevant thread: Amaryllis Feb 2017 #35

K&R nt ProudProgressiveNow Feb 2017 #3

KICK Cha Feb 2017 #4

Agreed: ALL news organizations should boycott these "briefings" NastyRiffraff Feb 2017 #5

i've been saying that all along onetexan Feb 2017 #14

I hope they all follow this lead. Leave the WH to the fringe nutters. Stinky The Clown Feb 2017 #6

I think I heard on Hardball that the WSJ has issued a similar statement. nt Buns_of_Fire Feb 2017 #7

Yes!! LAS14 Feb 2017 #8

Wall Street Journal, likewise. LAS14 Feb 2017 #9

Thank you. I was trying to find a cite for that. nt Buns_of_Fire Feb 2017 #13

First they came for CNN BumRushDaShow Feb 2017 #10

Very good! SammyWinstonJack Feb 2017 #29

Aw Bum, this is perfect. Just perfection. That last paragraph is ghoulish and truly creepy. Leghorn21 Feb 2017 #34

Meaning what? zentrum Feb 2017 #11

Bloomberg wasn't excluded. LAS14 Feb 2017 #15

A return of ethics and values in journalism? yallerdawg Feb 2017 #12

Can you say "boycott?" dchill Feb 2017 #17

Trump needs the news media more than the media needs Trump Blue Idaho Feb 2017 #18

He would have a tweet meltdown from attention deficit syndrome. He craves it notdarkyet Feb 2017 #25

No kidding... Blue Idaho Feb 2017 #26

I'd pay to see that. SammyWinstonJack Feb 2017 #30

Without the news media, he wouldn't be in the White House. dalton99a Feb 2017 #27

So true and this is how he repays them. His supporters should take note. SammyWinstonJack Feb 2017 #32

All media would be best served, and best serve, to focus on investigation, not WH fake news WheelWalker Feb 2017 #19

The remainder of the press should react accordingly Shoonra Feb 2017 #20

The responsible media outlets will follow suit gratuitous Feb 2017 #22

Except that "toady press" will still participate. moondust Feb 2017 #21

Hollywood won't come to his party WhiteTara Feb 2017 #24

The media outlets that stay without complaint will be complicit to Trump's fascism. Doodley Feb 2017 #31

Bloomberg is not perfect, but compared to the rest of the industry they have been light years ahead still_one Feb 2017 #33