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Cattledog

(5,911 posts)
Thu Mar 1, 2018, 06:38 PM Mar 2018

A video Steven Mnuchin doesnt want you to see

On Monday, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin participated in a discussion at the University of California at Los Angeles with “Marketplace” host Kai Ryssdal. The event was open to the public, and some of the attendees heckled and hissed at him. Demonstrators outside dressed up as Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, serving cake.

As the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday, Mnuchin subsequently asked the university not to post its official video or audio. UCLA spokeswoman Peggy McInerny emailed the Journal that Mnuchin “has retracted his permission for the Burkle Center to post its video and podcast of yesterday’s event on its website, so we are unable to share either recording with you.”

This is an interesting move for a Cabinet member who (at least occasionally) claims to value transparency, given that this event was — once again — open to the public.




https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/rampage/wp/2018/03/01/a-video-steven-mnuchin-doesnt-want-you-to-see/?utm_term=.6e9a8e66cb19
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A video Steven Mnuchin doesnt want you to see (Original Post) Cattledog Mar 2018 OP
Why would he have to give permission for a public event with a public figure? And one... TreasonousBastard Mar 2018 #1
Was Thinking The Same! ProfessorGAC Mar 2018 #3
thanking those ladies Skittles Mar 2018 #2

ProfessorGAC

(64,877 posts)
3. Was Thinking The Same!
Fri Mar 2, 2018, 08:35 AM
Mar 2018

And, wouldn't the video and audio be the property of the university, not of the guest? Why would anybody, especially a public figure in a government role, have any say over that?

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