twinklingwinter Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 http://money.cnn.com/2017/02/24/media/cnn-blocked-white-house-gaggle/index.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shirgall Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 A "gaggle" is not a "briefing". They should learn the terms used by the news industry and use them in accepted ways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oaksdave Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shirgall Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wuzzums Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grithin Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 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 probedAnd, 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. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloria Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Horse Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Mister Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 Even more delicious, Trump will not attend the White House Press Correspondence Dinner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloria Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 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 ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aquilar Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 Well they weren't going to attend anyway, they said it themselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oaksdave Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 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/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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