White House blocks CNN and other news organizations from press briefing

[twinklingwinter]

http://money.cnn.com/2017/02/24/media/cnn-blocked-white-house-gaggle/index.html

 

[shirgall]

A "gaggle" is not a "briefing". They should learn the terms used by the news industry and use them in accepted ways.

[oaksdave]

http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/321059-fox-anchor-baier-rips-white-house-for-barring-outlets-from-briefing

 

Bret Baier joins Kent Brockman in welcoming our Ant Overlords and couldn't find an inside-the-beltway opinion that Brit Hume couldn't convince him to adopt.

[shirgall]

http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/321059-fox-anchor-baier-rips-white-house-for-barring-outlets-from-briefing

 

Bret Baier joins Kent Brockman in welcoming our Ant Overlords and couldn't find an inside-the-beltway opinion that Brit Hume couldn't convince him to adopt.

 

Now that Ailes is gone, the history of Fox bosses giving money Democrats will start clarifying.

 

https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/toprecips.php?id=D000000227&cycle=2016

https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/toprecips.php?id=D000000227&cycle=2012

[Wuzzums]

[grithin]

There is a strategy wherein you send out a small force to draw out a large force - to probe.  It would appear Trump has used this strategy with immigration, and is now using this strategy with excluding CNN.  In this case, the small force is a non-briefing meeting exclusion.  And, if CNN gets overly upset about this, like with the immigration scenario, two things happen:
1.    the oppositions reaction is seen as an overreaction (since the reaction is actually intended as a response to a large force instead of a scout force)
2. the reaction is probed
And, there is, perhaps, a 3rd element partially affected by #1, and, that is, if the full force is used the next time around, for instance, CNN is banned from a briefing, the fuel for a reaction is already partially spent.

[Gloria]

There is a strategy wherein you send out a small force to draw out a large force - to probe.  It would appear Trump has used this strategy with immigration, and is now using this strategy with excluding CNN.  In this case, the small force is a non-briefing meeting exclusion.  And, if CNN gets overly upset about this, like with the immigration scenario, two things happen:

1.    the oppositions reaction is seen as an overreaction (since the reaction is actually intended as a response to a large force instead of a scout force)

2. the reaction is probed

And, there is, perhaps, a 3rd element partially affected by #1, and, that is, if the full force is used the next time around, for instance, CNN is banned from a briefing, the fuel for a reaction is already partially spent.

Smart analysis, well done.

[Iron Horse]

Nobody cared about his executive orders about the Wall, instead they all focused on the temp-ban on international refugees.  Create a big symbol for the symbol minded to protest against.  While they do that, he is free to continue what he promised to his electorate.

[Mister Mister]

Even more delicious, Trump will not attend the White House Press Correspondence Dinner.

[Gloria]

Even more delicious, Trump will not attend the White House Press Correspondence Dinner.

I found this totally amusing as well :-)

Nobody cared about his executive orders about the Wall, instead they all focused on the temp-ban on international refugees.  Create a big symbol for the symbol minded to protest against.  While they do that, he is free to continue what he promised to his electorate.

Probably true :-)  Good call !

[Aquilar]

Well they weren't going to attend anyway, they said it themselves. 

[oaksdave]

Here's a similar situation.  Remember when people were freaking out because Trump said NATO "needed to be looked at" and we shouldn't be paying so much of the cost?  Looks like Germany got the message.

 

http://dailycaller.com/2017/02/25/merkel-gives-in-to-us-pressure-on-nato-spending/