Hey Brian Stelter … you going to cover this, right? RIGHT?
De Blasio lets security haul away Post reporter for asking question https://t.co/giUqNAF5oK pic.twitter.com/GpBtVBi331
— New York Post (@nypost) August 13, 2018
From the New York Post:
The unusual muzzling unfolded at the start of the annual Dominican Day Parade in Manhattan, where the reporter sought de Blasio’s reaction to The Post’s front page story about his administration’s many meetings with lobbyists.
It also came after Hizzoner appeared on national TV Sunday to proclaim, “I believe in a free, strong media with diverse views — I’ll defend it with all I’ve got.”
This is the story that set off the mayoral Code Red:
My first solo wood for the New York Post! Top de Blasio officials took 136 meetings with lobbyists in just 54 days this spring https://t.co/IDVb70KtBj pic.twitter.com/zySRBMoUsJ
— Anna Sanders (@AnnaESanders) August 12, 2018
Guy Benson nails it here:
For all the consternation re Trump's anti-press demagoguery, it's elements of the hard LEFT that've *actually assaulted* journalists during "mostly peaceful" protests. If this violence were perpetrated by right-wingers, media panic over dangerous rhetoric would be off the charts.
— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) August 12, 2018
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But all we will get is more about Trump:
Funny, how the left accuses President Trump of attacking the press.
But the people *actually* attacking the press are Antifa leftists.
— Liz Wheeler (@Liz_Wheeler) August 12, 2018
Even with continued attacks on the media from the tolerant Left, like this:
Some hostility from the demonstrators towards press. Cameras being blocked, one person tried to unplug a photojournalist’s LiveU. pic.twitter.com/knofyICHDQ
— Konstantin Toropin (@KToropin) August 12, 2018
Video:
— Konstantin Toropin (@KToropin) August 12, 2018
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Buuuut TRUMP rallies! WATCH Antifa protesters attack NBC reporter and his entire crew in Charlottesville https://t.co/oNpaRWfRWt
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) August 12, 2018