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[–] ReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.com 62 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said that the White House would now determine which outlets will be members of the press pool, the smaller group of journalists who are allowed in to events in the Oval Office or travel with the president on Air Force One.

For decades, the White House Correspondents’ Association has handled the logistics of the press pool, including determining which outlets will be assigned for duty and when they will participate. The set up designed to prevent an administration from retaliating against journalists whose coverage they disfavor.

Oh, gosh, they're dismantling a system set up to prevent an administration from retaliating against journalists whose coverage they disfavor, after a group of journalists covered them in a way they didn't favor? Surely they have innocent motives here.

[–] thallamabond@lemmy.world 47 points 11 months ago (1 children)

"We're going to keep them out until such time as they agree that it's the Gulf of America," Mr. Trump said Tuesday.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/associated-press-sues-trump-officials-over-coverage-restrictions/

But he urged the Trump administration to reconsider its two-week-old ban, saying that case law “is uniformly unhelpful to the White House.”

https://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/judge-rejects-immediately-restoring-aps-access-to-white-house-but-urges-government-to-reconsider

When it became clear the first ban would be found illegal, they just try another.

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 27 points 11 months ago (1 children)

If there is no enforcement mechanism to enforcing the law on the executive branch, there is no law.

[–] iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The executive branch is actually supposed to be, yknow, executing the laws. That's why they are called that.

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The executive branch is actually supposed to be

Supposed to is irrelevant. A system that doesn't have guard rails against what is taking place is a bad system.

[–] iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I was agreeing with you, for the record, just providing context.

[–] crank0271@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It's hard to believe that with all of the malicious shitheads we've suffered in our politics previously, this buffoon is the guy breaking the system. (I agree with both of you agreeing.)

[–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 6 points 11 months ago

It doesn't take intelligence to destroy. Just a willingness to do so.

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 41 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

I don't think this term was as profitable for the media companies as last term. You got him elected and blocked journalism is the result. So you're traitors that have caused their own demise.

I hope you fix it for all of our sake, but you need to look at what you have done.

Edit: And still are doing.

[–] FenrirIII@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Bezos is still a rich fucker and getting richer. Pretty sure all the other oligarchs who own the media don't care either.

[–] rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works 39 points 11 months ago (2 children)
[–] loaf@sh.itjust.works 9 points 11 months ago
[–] NarrativeBear@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

Could not upvote enough!

[–] medicsofanarchy@lemmy.world 33 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Then the "out" press pool can just make stuff up, since they have to guess. "Donald Trump walked out of the bathroom and into a press briefing one hour ago. While we don't know what the press briefing is about, we can state that before going to the bathroom Trump was seen finishing a cheeseburger. Walking out, he was seen licking his fingers. Our reporter notes that there was no sound of running water prior to Trump's emergence from the bathroom."

[–] glitch1985@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago

The great thing about this is it's always going to be reported first also since the stories can be prepared ahead of time.

[–] kn0wmad1c@programming.dev 30 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Oh, look, Trump is trampling on the first amendment again

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago

No you see the first amendment only refers to social media allowances

[–] vanta@lemm.ee 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

First amendment only applies to saying slurs and spreading conspiracies on the internet

[–] kn0wmad1c@programming.dev 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Not sure if you're joking, but "freedom of the press" is literally protected in the first amendment

[–] vanta@lemm.ee 3 points 11 months ago

I'm joking yeah - typically GOP & Company only cry about 1st amendment if it's applied against them

[–] Redditsux@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago

They are afraid of being questioned! Such pussies.