Now that President Biden is in office our cherished norms and institutions have been re-established, as has full transparency and the Executive Branch's respect for, and openness to, the linchpin of a free society, which is the press.
Well, maybe not entirely:
Over the past three months, the number of reporters with access to the @WhiteHouse dropped by 31%.
— Rob Bluey (@RobertBluey) August 4, 2023
There are now 442 fewer reporters with a coveted “hard pass”—the result of new rules announced by @JoeBiden’s press office that took effect this week. https://t.co/755ZlXlzBp
There's all that additional "transparency" we were promised!
From the Daily Signal:
Over the past three months, the number of reporters with access to the White House dropped by 31%. There are now 442 fewer reporters with a coveted “hard pass”—the result of new rules announced in May that took effect Tuesday.
The Daily Signal’s Fred Lucas was among the reporters slated to lose his White House press credentials, although he was given a 10-day extension “to submit the required materials.” The White House now requires reporters to obtain press credentials from Congress or the Supreme Court to fulfill its new requirement; Lucas is currently awaiting a decision on his applications to the other branches.
Politico’s West Wing Playbook first reported the numbers Wednesday along with news that Simon Ateba, the White House correspondent for Today News Africa, lost his hard pass.
People are waiting for CNN's Jim Acosta to add a breathless chapter to his book.
I'm sure @Acosta is adding a chapter to his book on this egregious assault on the free press.
— Madlaw (@madlaw1071) August 4, 2023
Waiting for the journalistic outrage. https://t.co/mzNpEjZpq2
— Literally Matt (@JustTheTipMatt) August 4, 2023
If this were Trump you can be sure Jim Acosta would have gotten a whole new book out of just this.
They want to control information and aren't even pretending otherwise. https://t.co/eK8LU3JThN
— Mark Hemingway (@Heminator) August 4, 2023
To a large degree, the media seems perfectly happy to play right along.
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