Bill Cinton basically blacklisted The New York Post. Obama spies on reporters. Biden locked reporters in a closet. Hillary roped them in.
The MSM only whines when Republicans push back.
Posted on 03/16/2016 1:34:54 AM PDT by Pinkbell
Donald Trump's campaign blocked a Politico reporter from attending the candidate's victory rally on Tuesday night, continuing a troubling trend of denying access to reporters who write critically about Trump and his campaign.
Ben Schreckinger, who has been covering Trump for more than six months, was denied access to Tuesday night's "press conference" -- Trump did not actually take any questions -- despite the fact that the campaign had already given press credentials.
In blocking Schreckinger, the Trump campaign appears to have been following through on a threat it made last week to exclude Politico reporters from campaign events because it did not approve of their coverage.
Schreckinger and his colleagues also reported Tuesday morning that Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski -- who was recently accused of assaulting a female reporter -- had a "quick temper and heavy-handed leadership," which was becoming a source of concern among fellow Trump staffers.
In a statement to CNNMoney, Trump called Schreckinger "a dishonest, third-rate reporter with a failing outlet that will soon be out of business, hopefully."
Susan Glasser, the editor of Politico, responded by saying she was "saddened by the personal nature of the Trump campaign's attack on an excellent reporter, Ben Schreckinger."
"The campaign provided no explanation for barring our reporter from Donald Trump's speech tonight," Glasser told CNNMoney. "If this is the response to honest, fair, and sometimes critical reporting -- like today's piece on Campaign Manager Corey Lewandowski — it certainly will not intimidate Politico as we cover the campaign in the days ahead."
Trump's campaign has blocked reporters from attending campaign events on several occasions, often in the wake of critical coverage. Reporters from The New York Times, The Des Moines Register, BuzzFeed, The Huffington Post, Univision and Fusion have all reported being blocked from Trump events.
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Works for me. Hit pieces tend to gin up BLM riots like the
other day.
Trump doesn’t care what they think of him. He won despite them.
And they need him more than he needs them.
Karma comes in many forms.
Permission to enter the event is a privilege not a right
Hmmm. I notice they left out the word "falsely". That sort of proves Trump's point, doesn't it?
Cool
Excellent! Hoping the humiliation prompts more fractures in their facade of fairness. Trump is doing as much damage to the lib media as he’s doing to the GOPe.
That’s a shame.
If the Trump campaign was blocking reporters just because they were critical of Trump, who would be allowed in?
Is it possible this is not about critical reporting but false reporting?
Keeping Politico off the record
Bill Cinton basically blacklisted The New York Post. Obama spies on reporters. Biden locked reporters in a closet. Hillary roped them in.
The MSM only whines when Republicans push back.
When was the last time Obama gave a press conference?
Put em on a plane ride to nowhere.
I do not recall the nu time standing up for fox when obama ban them from the wh press pool if i recall
Memo to CNN hack:
“Well, Boo Frickety Hoo!”!!!
Pooh noes! How dare anyone in the press what to do
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The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged
Die Politico Die.
Hey MSM as you sow so shall you reap.
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