Reporters banned from Pruitt's EPA speech

In a move that would make Erdogan or Duarte proud, security guards banned select reporters from Scott Pruitt's speech. The claim was a lack of room, but plenty of seats were available.

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AP report

Guards barred an AP reporter from passing through a security checkpoint inside the building. When the reporter asked to speak to an EPA public-affairs person, the security guards grabbed the reporter by the shoulders and shoved her forcibly out of the EPA building.

CNN set this up to make Trump look bad.

No Q-uestion about it !!

a reply to: gariac


Good. Those "reporters" should think about why this happened to them.

a reply to: highvein

It's called fascism. That's why.

a reply to: highvein

Maybe do some research on the fella at the EPA in question and get back us here at ATS why it might Belize where is a good idea to hear what this jackalope has to say....like where is our $ Lebowski?

No reporters were banned. Only a political hack. Good. More of it is needed. It was not an open event, obviously.
Should be a 3 strikes policy - 3 dumb, partisan questions and you're out, including the WH Press Briefing.

originally posted by: okrian
a reply to: highvein

It's called fascism. That's why.

Call it what you want, but they brought it on themselves.

originally posted by: slatesteam
a reply to: highvein

Maybe do some research on the fella at the EPA in question and get back us here at ATS why it might Belize where is a good idea to hear what this jackalope has to say....like where is our $ Lebowski?

I don't like doing things for other people.

originally posted by: UKTruth
No reporters were banned. Only a political hack. Good. More of it is needed. It was not an open event, obviously.
Should be a 3 strikes policy - 3 dumb, partisan questions and you're out, including the WH Press Briefing.

Eh, I suppose clean drinking water is overrated.
/s

a reply to: gariac

More tempests in a teapot reporting.

From the CNN source:

"This was simply an issue of the room reaching capacity, which reporters were aware of prior to the event," Wilcox said.

The "Associated press" are not there to get info to report on, they get news and then change it into subjective innuendo type commentary befitting their desire to bear false witness against Trump. You can read any news paper and see associated press articles which are all that way. If the Associated press actually "reported" news instead of creating dubious news this would never be happening.
They should have tazed her for shock therapy, for all associated press patients.

What are they doing at an EPA presser anyway? Didn't these "journalists" have an Easter egg hunt to disrupt or something? Couldn't get any more riveting and deceptively edited footage of Trump feeding koi? Maybe a report on the Mueller investigation from "multiple senior officials familiar with the matter" with damning evidence they later have to retract? How many scoops of ice cream did the orange menace have today?

All they had to do was ....

this...

originally posted by: JinMI
a reply to: gariac

More tempests in a teapot reporting.

From the CNN source:

"This was simply an issue of the room reaching capacity, which reporters were aware of prior to the event," Wilcox said.

Except photographs show empty seats.

a reply to: gariac

Source?

a reply to: gariac

Just another low class act by Pruitt. Is anyone surprised? Especially with this administration?

n a move that would make Erdogan or Duarte proud, ...

Those poor things had to watch the live feed the EPA provided for them? Why that's almost the same as burning the printing presses or imprisoning reporters. Those monsters! Hitler!

a reply to: highvein

Deny Ignorance....

a reply to: gariac

No reporters from CNN were present?


OMG



I think we need to impeach Trump now! We'll make up some sh#t why later.

originally posted by: RadioRobert
What are they doing at an EPA presser anyway? Didn't these "journalists" have an Easter egg hunt to disrupt or something? Couldn't get any more riveting and deceptively edited footage of Trump feeding koi? Maybe a report on the Mueller investigation from "multiple senior officials familiar with the matter" with damning evidence they later have to retract? How many scoops of ice cream did the orange menace have today?

They ran out of hookers and porn stars to interview.