This story’s been up for a couple of hours. It’s too bad Brian Stelter isn’t at CNN so he could report on the attack on press freedom. Where’s Oliver Darcy? Where are all the journalists who stood together during the Trump administration to demand access and transparency? They were never there for Fox News, and they aren’t there for the New York Post either, which was subjected to the most blatant censorship campaign in our memory … maybe even in history.
President Joe Biden had an event Monday where he and Transportation Secretary Pete “Personal Time” Buttigieg talked about airline policies, but the New York Post says it was barred from attending.
White House bans The Post from Biden event as Hunter indictment looms https://t.co/MRhbq3xgX0 pic.twitter.com/CJhcN4sE7K
— New York Post (@nypost) May 8, 2023
Steven Nelson reports:
The White House press office barred The Post from attending President Biden’s only daytime public event Monday as federal prosecutors near a decision on criminally charging first son Hunter Biden for tax fraud and other crimes.
The Post has closely covered the president’s ties to his relatives’ foreign dealings and first reported in October 2020 on files from Hunter’s abandoned laptop that link Joe Biden to ventures in China and Ukraine.
Biden, who falsely characterized The Post’s reporting as Russian disinformation, appeared with Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg to talk about airline policies in the White House-adjacent Eisenhower Executive Office Building.
Biden ultimately took no shouted questions at the venue, which houses the set of a “fake” White House and about 50 theater-style seats for reporters — about 20 of which were empty Monday.
What was Biden afraid of? Doesn’t the White House give him a list of reporters to call on (along with their questions)?
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Sounds familiar… https://t.co/rtEaEldBNn pic.twitter.com/7tIy8UhzxU
— UnWokable (@UnWokablePod) May 8, 2023
Great optics for the most transparent president in forever.
— NewtonLeroy (@NewtonLeroy1) May 8, 2023
They only allow friendly press?!
— NewtonLeroy (@NewtonLeroy1) May 8, 2023
Ahhh, more censorship
— Sabered (@MrsTomJered) May 8, 2023
I was told it was a “crisis of our democracy”when the White House banned certain reporters. 🤔
— G. F. (@GFUltraMaga) May 8, 2023
Remember the panic when the Trump administration pulled Jim Acosta’s press pass?
Remember when Jim Acosta from CNN was banned from the White House press briefings for smacking a staffer? His fellow Democrats in the media came to his defense. Few will come to the defense of the Post because they aren't state run.
— Robert Pfeiffer (@truththrulove) May 8, 2023
Doing something right 👍
— Michael (@Michaellee012) May 8, 2023
They’re getting too close to the flame 🔥
— KarMan (@Demandia) May 8, 2023
That let’s you know they’re worried
— Buttermagger (@buttermagger) May 8, 2023
Biden Administration: pic.twitter.com/m3Ow0dWdVV
— Cintia 🇺🇸💗🇧🇷 (@ChanterCin) May 8, 2023
This is literally an attack on democracy.
— Your Disapproving Dad (@disapprover69) May 8, 2023
Maybe he's holding out for more $$$$ pic.twitter.com/U1osY0dMGw
— poopoohead (@elonmuskowitz) May 8, 2023
Where are all the lunatics crying about freedom of the press?
— Tony Peperoni (@TonyPeperoni6) May 8, 2023
That’s what we said. All of those “media reporters” should be all over this: Where’s Darcy and Eric Wemple and Justin Baragona?
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CNN’s Don Lemon ‘can’t believe that we’re here’ citing the New York Post as a credible source https://t.co/LYVIypUZ4F
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) February 7, 2023
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