White House blocks access to Obama events, news groups say

[madokie]

Maybe you one way sunsabiteches should wake the f* up. Theres a reason they've been forced to do this and that reason most likely is because you sob's pick and choose whatever it is that will push your narrative of obama is bad, gop is good. Most all of us out here know better. - MO


WASHINGTON — The nation’s largest news organizations lodged a complaint Thursday against the White House for imposing unprecedented limitations on photojournalists covering President Barack Obama, which they say have harmed the public’s ability to monitor its own government.

The organizations accuse the White House of banning photojournalists from covering Obama at some events, and then later releasing its own photos and videos of the same events.

“Journalists are routinely being denied the right to photograph or videotape the president while he is performing his official duties,” according to a letter the organizations sent to the White House. “As surely as if they were placing a hand over a journalist’s camera lens, officials in this administration are blocking the public from having an independent view of important functions of the executive branch of government.”

Presidents often look for ways to get their own messages out. But media experts say Obama’s administration has developed an aggressive strategy to use social media, including government-sponsored websites and blogs, as well as Twitter, Instagram and Flickr accounts, to circumvent the media’s constitutional duty more than its predecessors have.

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[monmouth3]

1. Chuck Todd brought this up and was immediately panned according to the comments I read

at HuffPost..

White House reporters are riled up about restrictions placed on photos of President Obama, and they made no effort to hide it at Thursday's press briefing.

In a letter delivered to the White House on Thursday, journalists from a variety of media organizations protested limits that often prevent them from taking photos of Obama. The letter questioned why only White House-approved photos were the only ones of certain events allowed to be released.

NBC News chief White House correspondent Chuck Todd raised the issue at a briefing with White House deputy press secretary Josh Earnest. Todd compared the restrictions to Vladimir Putin's control over the press in Russia, and later clarified on Twitter:

[madokie]

2. I'd like to slap that smirk chuckie boy has on his smug ass face

I refuse to watch anything that has him on anymore.

[pinboy3niner]

3. Who does he think he is--Luke Russert?

That thought just tickles my funnybone for some reason.

[madokie]

4. LOL

[a kennedy]

5. Did you hear he's getting his own Radio show??

Chuck Todd To Host Show For SiriusXM P.O.T.U.S. Channel

MSNBC "THE DAILY RUNDOWN" host CHUCK TODD will host a new weekly radio show on SIRIUSXM's P.O.T.U.S. channel, starting DECEMBER 7th. "UNSCRIPTED WITH CHUCK TODD" will air SATURDAY mornings 9-10a (ET).

TODD said, "In this day and age, people tend to think they have more access to newsmakers and politicians, when in many ways they actually have less. With this show on SIRIUSXM we'll aim to help listeners get to know these powerful people in a different way -- to know them as human beings, not as sound bite machines.

Politics today is so much a part of our pop culture, and I look forward to talking to the many famous amateur political junkies out there who just happen to have day jobs in the worlds of sports, HOLLYWOOD, WALL STREET and everywhere in between."

http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/124561/chuck-todd-to-host-show-for-siriusxm-p-o-t-u-s-cha

[leftyohiolib]

10. how did he compare bush's access limitations, ask the wrong question lose access to the president

[JaneyVee]

6. Pete Souza calls their bullshit:

[LuvNewcastle]

7. It's really hard for me to work up much sympathy for the tv media.

They rarely report any useful knowledge. I don't know how much they're getting paid, but really anything is too much. I don't know why anybody cares about the photos. I don't see why the White House cares about it; I don't see what difference it makes to the press. It's a typical non-news story, about the only kind that's reported nowadays.

[monmouth3]

8. I think the "media journalists" (lord, that is funny) would like to be able to publish photos of the

President with his mouth open about to bite into a burger to other situations of that sort. This President is no dummy....LOL..

[leftyohiolib]

9. "harmed the public’s ability to monitor its own government." yea the media was all over monitoring

the gov when bush was in charge weren't they. they were so ok with the free speech "zones" and denial of access then. they cower with republicans in the w.h. then become "concerned" attack dogs under dem presidents