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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAmateur Night at the White House-- Listening to the BBC talking about Flynn, and...
they say at the press conference earlier today NO mainstream press were allowed to ask a question.
And especially no questions about Flynn.
"Fasten your seatbelts..."
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Amateur Night at the White House-- Listening to the BBC talking about Flynn, and... (Original Post)
TreasonousBastard
Feb 2017
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Tommy_Carcetti
(43,155 posts)1. Was there a Shouty Spice Show today?
Or was that preempted by the Trudeau presser?
TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)2. Apparently-- but no one seems to take it seriously.
pkdu
(3,977 posts)3. No Shouty Spice today...TOMORROW?....lookout!!! nt
procon
(15,805 posts)4. Jared Kushner made a deal with the conservative Sinclair Media in exchange for top
White House press credentials they would give Trump favorable press coverage. The Sinclair reporter was one of the only two Trump called on
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/12/trump-campaign-sinclair-broadcasting-jared-kushner-232764
Donald Trump's campaign struck a deal with Sinclair Broadcast Group during the campaign to try and secure better media coverage, his son-in-law Jared Kushner told business executives Friday in Manhattan.
Kushner said the agreement with Sinclair, which owns television stations across the country in many swing states and often packages news for their affiliates to run, gave them more access to Trump and the campaign, according to six people who heard his remarks.
In exchange, Sinclair would broadcast their Trump interviews across the country without commentary, Kushner said. Kushner highlighted that Sinclair, in states like Ohio, reaches a much wider audience around 250,000 listeners than networks like CNN, which reach somewhere around 30,000.
Its math, Kushner said according to multiple attendees.
Kushner said the agreement with Sinclair, which owns television stations across the country in many swing states and often packages news for their affiliates to run, gave them more access to Trump and the campaign, according to six people who heard his remarks.
In exchange, Sinclair would broadcast their Trump interviews across the country without commentary, Kushner said. Kushner highlighted that Sinclair, in states like Ohio, reaches a much wider audience around 250,000 listeners than networks like CNN, which reach somewhere around 30,000.
Its math, Kushner said according to multiple attendees.
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/12/trump-campaign-sinclair-broadcasting-jared-kushner-232764
TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)5. Jeez! Nobody ever complain about NPR or the NY Times again!
Hekate
(90,565 posts)7. I know, right? Those are credible sources.
LaydeeBug
(10,291 posts)6. Geese, is this legal?