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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRupert Murdoch-owned outlets get only US questions at Trump-Japan press event
President Trump only chose media outlets owned by conservative mogul Rupert Murdoch to ask questions during Fridays joint press conference with Japanese President Shinzo Abe.
The White House typically says in advance which outlets will be allowed to ask questions of the world leaders during such events, most often on a rotating basis.
Trump called on reporters from the New York Post and Fox Business Network, two outlets that are owned by Murdoch's News Corp. No other American reporters were called on during the press conference.
The Posts Daniel Halper, who published a book critical of Trump's presidential rival, Hillary Clinton, in 2014, asked Trump about his reaction to a federal court's ruling on Thursday that kept his travel ban inactive. Halper also asked Abe about his response to Trumps decision to drop out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a multi-country trade deal that included Japan.
The only other question from American media came from Fox Business's Blake Burman, who asked follow-up questions along the same lines.
This week, the Financial Times reported that Murdoch sat in on Trumps interview with The Times of London, which is also owned by News Corp. Murdoch has reportedly sought a closer relationship with Trump after initial skirmishes between Trump and Murdoch's Fox News during the Republican primary.
The White House typically says in advance which outlets will be allowed to ask questions of the world leaders during such events, most often on a rotating basis.
Trump called on reporters from the New York Post and Fox Business Network, two outlets that are owned by Murdoch's News Corp. No other American reporters were called on during the press conference.
The Posts Daniel Halper, who published a book critical of Trump's presidential rival, Hillary Clinton, in 2014, asked Trump about his reaction to a federal court's ruling on Thursday that kept his travel ban inactive. Halper also asked Abe about his response to Trumps decision to drop out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a multi-country trade deal that included Japan.
The only other question from American media came from Fox Business's Blake Burman, who asked follow-up questions along the same lines.
This week, the Financial Times reported that Murdoch sat in on Trumps interview with The Times of London, which is also owned by News Corp. Murdoch has reportedly sought a closer relationship with Trump after initial skirmishes between Trump and Murdoch's Fox News during the Republican primary.
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/318971-rupert-murdoch-owned-outlets-get-only-us-questions-at-trump-japan
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Rupert Murdoch-owned outlets get only US questions at Trump-Japan press event (Original Post)
JHan
Feb 2017
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(297,655 posts)1. They're the only ones who let blotus lie with impunity?
JHan
(10,173 posts)2. Yes. They do his propaganda work for him.
while he shafts their competitors.
Cha
(297,655 posts)3. Hope this gets the shut out news agencies doing
real, more extensive reporting than they ever have in their lives.
Like just what exactly and how many ways wrong is this nasty vengeful idiot in the wh