Press covering Michelle Obama shoved, screamed at, blocked from events in China

Washington Examiner ^ | 3/24/14 | Paul Bedard

[illiac]

First lady Michelle Obama's Spring Break trip to China with her daughters and mom has received some glowing news reports, but not because her press corps has had an easy time covering the event-filled trip.

Reporters say that they have been blocked from events, screamed at by officials, held back with red tape and told not to move from prepositioned lookouts, possibly to avoid taking embarrassing photos.

On Monday, the New York Times filed a pool report about the first lady’s tour of Xi’an, a city dating to the 14th century. “Event below marred for press by obnoxious Chinese advance man screaming and shoving us behind his ever moving red tape line,” said the report.

[illiac]

One communist protects another....

[Nachum]

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[bgill]

reporters and photographers were prepositioned to catch the first family walking toward them

Thank goodness. We're spared more panty lines, wrinkled backsides and big butts.

[Albion Wilde]

On Monday, the New York Times filed a pool report about the first lady’s tour of Xi’an.... “Event below marred for press by obnoxious Chinese advance man screaming and shoving us behind his ever moving red tape line,” said the report.

New York elitist cultural sensitivity and tolerance on display. Apparently China doesn't recognize the exalted status of American presstitutes.

[Texas Eagle]

Reporters say that they have been blocked from events, screamed at by officials, held back with red tape and told not to move from prepositioned lookouts, possibly to avoid taking embarrassing photos.

Reporters? What reporters? I thought the press was barred from going.

Can't the media even get that right?

[Texas Eagle]

On Monday, the New York Times filed a pool report about the first lady’s tour of Xi’an, a city dating to the 14th century. “Event below marred for press by obnoxious Chinese advance man screaming and shoving us behind his ever moving red tape line,” said the report

Don't go trying to cheer us up.

[demshateGod]

This sounds familiar.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/18/mugabes-wife-allegedly-at_n_158876.html

[chiefqc]

I do not know who the handlers for the mac daddies are but they have got to be the most mind numbingly stupid handlers that have ever assigned that position.

If there was a 1/10 % of failure for any event, speech or deision they will surely find it.

The handlers only excuse is that mac daddy in his “I know everything about everything” attitude overrules them, and being the arrogant, lying person he is he has already decided who he will blame as long as its not him.

[mikrofon]

... held back with red tape and told not to move from prepositioned lookouts

"Stay behind the marked Press line!"
"No unapproved Media are allowed inside this area!"
"No unfavorable stories will be sent out during the Obama visit!"

[BenLurkin]

[Fantasywriter]

The entire press corps would be dead of hyperventilation if this had happened on a Laura Bush trip.

[RWGinger]

I “think” that mean there were no reporters on any of the planes WE the taxpayer apid for to send that bitch.
That doesn’t mean there were none already there or sent there by their agencies

I am so sick of these POS. Jan 2017 Please hurry

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[DManA]

Who needs an independent press. You can get all the news you need to hear at WhiteHouse.gov.

[july4thfreedomfoundation]

“Movin’ On Up, to the Eastside, to a Deluxe Apartment, in the Sky...”

[Covenantor]

Don’t go trying to cheer us up.

_________________________________

Know how you feel.

I was hoping to see their tazed a**es flopping around like a trawl net dump.

Bummer.

[Old Yeller]

Mama Robinson goin ape shit all over the press?

[muglywump]

......and all along I thought it was Hillary who was known as ‘Her Thighness’.......

[ROCKLOBSTER]

Press covering Michelle Obama shoved, screamed at, blocked from events in China

I was expecting to find photos and stories by the press, of Moochelle being shoved, screamed at and blocked from events.

[Colonel_Flagg]

“Event below marred for press by obnoxious Chinese advance man screaming and shoving us behind his ever moving red tape line”

Kinda sounds like Der Leader's "foreign policy".