Sunday, November 18, 2018

Jim Acosta Has No Right To Enter White House

Here is a good discussion why the Jim Acosta brouhaha is total BS:

After all, the press room, the communications staff, and the entire White House media apparatus exists to make the president look good. It's not there to offer a frank exchange of information, or to divulge any information the White House doesn't want released.

To find that sort of information, one would have to engage in real investigative journalism in which journalists uncover facts that powerful government officials would rather not be uncovered. That, of course, is what Julian Assange has done. But you won't find many establishment American journalists defending him. No, in the minds of the Jim Acostas of the world, "journalism" consists of repeating the official talking points released at official press conferences.

And this is a lucky thing for presidents, many of whom have long understood that the purpose of White House communications is to manipulate the press.

https://mises.org/wire/white-house-press-pass-has-nothing-do-first-amendment

I agree.

I would shut down the WH press room. I doubt that Ms. Sanders has the ability to tell us anything of real importance.

If we want real news, we should ask someone like Assange.

1 comment:

  1. More baloney from CNN:

    https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/cnn-seeks-emergency-hearing-protect-143927669.html

    My advice? Cancel the press conferences. They serve no useful purpose.

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