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White House Bars CNN, NY Times, Politico, LA Times and BuzzFeed from Brief Access

54 points by anw 10y ago

devindotcom 10y ago
Spicer in December: "We have a respect for the press, when it comes to the government, that that is something that you can't ban an entity from, conservative, liberal or otherwise. I think that's what makes a democracy a democracy versus a dictatorship." https://twitter.com/kenvogel/status/835219520541364225 https://twitter.com/kenvogel/status/835219520541364225
TorKlingberg 10y ago
Of course, they are just protecting the people from lies about the glorious leader, and from counter-revolutionaries trying to disturb with inappropriate questions.
- vorotato 10y ago
  Actually in this case they are protecting the glorious leader from the truths about the public.
alphonsegaston 10y ago
Since some Trump shill will try and derail this thread claiming Obama did the same with Fox News, I'll just proactively post the link to the story that disproves this: http://www.mediaite.com/columnists/foxs-white-house-bans-fox-news-story-completely-unravels/ http://www.mediaite.com/columnists/foxs-white-house-bans-fox...
grzm 10y ago
Dupe of NYTimes story: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13726886 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13726886
- cpncrunch 10y ago
  Not a dupe. The NYTimes is paywalled and doesn't add anything. (And yes, I know how to get around the paywall).
  - grzm 10y ago
    It's a dupe in the sense that the primary discussion on this topic is in the other submission. As of this comment, 324 comments.
    - falcolas 10y ago
      And flagged off the front page from within an hour of its posting, despite the 300+ comments and 600+ points. Hard to discuss when it's been hidden. </rant>
      - grzm 10y ago
        I'm sure it also triggered the flamewar detector, which also pushes it further down in the rankings. It still has had very healthy discussion despite being pushed down. As you point out, well over 300 comments.
  - runesoerensen 10y ago
    In this situation it seems fair to classify it as a dupe. Would've been better to just post the link in a comment on the earlier post, and leave it to a moderator to update it instead.
    - deleted 10y ago
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54 points by anw 10y ago

Spicer in December: "We have a respect for the press, when it comes to the government, that that is something that you can't ban an entity from, conservative, liberal or otherwise. I think that's what makes a democracy a democracy versus a dictatorship." https://twitter.com/kenvogel/status/835219520541364225 https://twitter.com/kenvogel/status/835219520541364225

TorKlingberg 10y ago

Of course, they are just protecting the people from lies about the glorious leader, and from counter-revolutionaries trying to disturb with inappropriate questions.

vorotato 10y ago
Actually in this case they are protecting the glorious leader from the truths about the public.

alphonsegaston 10y ago

Since some Trump shill will try and derail this thread claiming Obama did the same with Fox News, I'll just proactively post the link to the story that disproves this: http://www.mediaite.com/columnists/foxs-white-house-bans-fox-news-story-completely-unravels/ http://www.mediaite.com/columnists/foxs-white-house-bans-fox...

grzm 10y ago

Dupe of NYTimes story: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13726886 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13726886

cpncrunch 10y ago
Not a dupe. The NYTimes is paywalled and doesn't add anything. (And yes, I know how to get around the paywall).
- grzm 10y ago
  It's a dupe in the sense that the primary discussion on this topic is in the other submission. As of this comment, 324 comments.
  - falcolas 10y ago
    And flagged off the front page from within an hour of its posting, despite the 300+ comments and 600+ points. Hard to discuss when it's been hidden. </rant>
    - grzm 10y ago
      I'm sure it also triggered the flamewar detector, which also pushes it further down in the rankings. It still has had very healthy discussion despite being pushed down. As you point out, well over 300 comments.
- runesoerensen 10y ago
  In this situation it seems fair to classify it as a dupe. Would've been better to just post the link in a comment on the earlier post, and leave it to a moderator to update it instead.
  - deleted 10y ago
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