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Senate Republicans on Tuesday quickly backed away from a proposal to restrict media access in the Capitol after an angry backlash from reporters and an emergency meeting between the Senate Rules Committee and the media gallery directors.
Senate Rules Committee Chairman Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) sent out a statement around lunchtime clarifying that there would not be a rules change, only a discussion about how to ensure safety as the Capitol hallways have become more hectic because of growing crowds of journalists.
Shelby announced in a statement that the committee had made “no changes to the existing rules governing press coverage on the Senate side of the Capitol complex.”
It was an abrupt 180-degree turn from earlier in the day, when Senate Sergeant at Arms staff informed the press galleries of tough new restrictions.
A Senate official familiar with administrative discussions said
originally posted by: vor78
That's crazy. What's next, wiretapping reporters phones and putting monitors in news rooms?
originally posted by: olaru12
originally posted by: vor78
That's crazy. What's next, wiretapping reporters phones and putting monitors in news rooms?
How many of those reporters do you think are undercover 3 letters. They sent a suggestion to the GOP, believe me!
The total naivete of some ATS members is astonishing...