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Re:White House Bars NYT, CNN, and Politico from Briefing by mejari on Friday February 24, 2017 @04:24PM (#13728051)
Granting long interviews is fundamentally different from access to briefings.
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Re:White House Bars NYT, CNN, and Politico from Briefing by kylewest on Friday February 24, 2017 @04:59PM (#13728325)
agreed. being excluded from one is also different from being excluded from all.

there's also 6+ other news organizations in there -- not all trump friendly. I just don't see how CNN being excluded equates to the end of freedom of the press. The reach of those included is far greater than those explicitly excluded.

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Re:White House Bars NYT, CNN, and Politico from Briefing by mejari on Friday February 24, 2017 @06:07PM (#13728781)
I don't think it's the end of freedom of the press, but it's a dangerous step towards it. The fact that other groups have more reach doesn't lessen the damage excluding a major news organization just because you don't like what they're reporting. If they're not reporting the truth that's one thing, but this isn't that.
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