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Kathianne
11-16-2016, 10:28 AM
From headline to close, a case of hyperbole. Raises the question: Why Did The MSM Ignore All The Actual Acts Of Deception Thrown Over The Public For The Last 8 Years? Instead, they are asking the BIG Question of why they weren't invited to take photos of entrance and exit in and out of a restaurant?

It wasn't just NBC either, I heard the story on FOX last night-presented with a laugh; Rachel Maddow went ballistic on the story; Do a google in news, stories go over a page in returns.

I guess the good news is that there will be few secrets in the new administration that aren't uncovered.

http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/aas-trump-leaves-press-behind-steak-dinner-incoming-admin-already-n684511?utm_content=bufferfc45d&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer


As Trump Leaves Press Behind for Steak Dinner, Incoming Admin Already Showing Lack of Transparency

byALEXANDRA JAFFEandALI VITALI

In a highly unusual move, President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday night left his Manhattan residence without notifying the reporters covering him or giving any indication of where he was going.The maneuver seemed to deliberately limit access to the media.

The only way the press eventually ascertained his whereabouts was after a Bloomberg reporter, who happened to be dining at the 21 Club, tweeted a photo of Trump (https://twitter.com/RiggsReport/status/798686224881950721) and some of his transition team in the Midtown steakhouse.

Trump spokeswoman Hope Hicks later told NBC News. "He is having dinner with his family."

Wife Melania, daughter Ivanka Trump, her husband Jared Kushner, sons Donald Jr. and Eric Trump were all at the restaurant.

This came after Hicks had told his press pool the day had ended, and the only indication of his departure was an unannounced motorcade. Trump's communications team did not respond to emails from the pooler requesting guidance.

With his Tuesday night actions, the Trump Administration is shaping up to be the least accessible to the public and the press in modern history.

A week after the election, Trump hasn't yet held a press conference, the longest any recent president has waited to speak to the press. That continues a weeks-long drought that's been going on since mid-summer, when Trump last answered questions from the press.


Trump has also refused to travel with the press corps since the election, a continuation of his campaign practice of flying in a separate plane from the media that covered him.

The media covering the president-elect have also not yet been offered briefings on his transition efforts, which was a typical practice for past presidents that allowed the public to keep apprised of the details of the new government.

And until recently, Trump's staff weren't releasing readouts of his calls with foreign leaders, leaving the press — and the public — to receive their guidance from foreign governments.

CSM
11-16-2016, 10:37 AM
After so many years of faux outrage over so many faux issues, why would this particular one make any difference?

NightTrain
11-16-2016, 10:41 AM
Poor snowflakes.

After 18 months of openly campaigning against him, he didn't invite them to a family dinner?

The nerve of this man!

Kathianne
11-16-2016, 10:48 AM
After so many years of faux outrage over so many faux issues, why would this particular one make any difference?

Obama said he learned all sorts of things, only after he read about them in the press, like the rest of America.

The Obama administration spoke to the press often, without telling them anything. They also put up the most lead proof administration ever. They prosecuted leakers: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2013/10/11/how-obamas-anti-leak-policy-has-chilled-the-free-press/

http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/columnist/rieder/2016/03/30/rieder-obama-press-champion-if-only/82419250/

WaPo may have been the most open about WH hostilities and list why:

http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2015/05/obama-is-more-hostile-towards-the-press-than-any-president-in-history.html

Bilgerat
11-16-2016, 10:55 AM
This is how the "lap-dog" media portrays "news"




http://www.debatepolicy.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=9483&stc=1

jimnyc
11-16-2016, 11:12 AM
Are these folks serious? Lack of transparency for eating dinner? And Kath is right, where the hell have they been? This is funny AND sad. They will do this for as long as he is in office, while Obama was largely ignored.

Elessar
11-16-2016, 03:29 PM
The media makes me gag at times. They think they have to tow along at
all times to get a scoop - then try to comment on it. All Pulitzer seeking idiots.

Even a celebrity and public official (now) should be allowed some leisure
and privacy with family and close friends.