Hi, Folks -

There seems to be some controversy over whether this actually happened as described, but the charge is that reporters of certain major media were actively excluded from a White House "press gaggle" on Friday. Here's one article about that:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/02/24/white-house-blocks-cnn-new-york-times-from-press-briefing-hours-after-trump-slams-media/?utm_term=.5a4a6fff2128

...which includes this:

The Post's Executive Editor Marty Baron issued the following statement:

“It’s appalling that the White House would exclude news outlets like the New York Times, CNN, Politico, the Los Angeles Times, and BuzzFeed from its publicly announced briefings. This is an undemocratic path that the administration is traveling. There is nothing to be gained from the White House restricting the public’s access to information. We are currently evaluating what our response will be if this sort of thing happens again.”

What strikes me is how ironic this timing is. :) Marty Baron is quoted as saying, "There is nothing to be gained from the White House restricting the public’s access to information." I'm thinking the same about Google's restricting access to NaturalNews.com

The planets must be aligned in some truly unique way. :)

--hobie

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