Trumps Private Dinner Causes "Backlash" from Ditched Reporters
 

We have all learned how (literally) corrupt the press is, but I must say I had not fully realized how plain stupid and out of touch some of them can be. However, it is not all bad --at least they provide us amusement albeit unintentional.
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Trump's dinner dash sparks backlash from ditched reporters | TheHill

The press got their panties into a major moralistic wad because Trump took his family out for a private dinner but "failed" to tell them!! Why would Trump want to the press there so they could come along and ruin it by their obnoxious presence shouting questions, trying to trap him on some nit, and the usual things they do to make themselves look boorish???.

A CNN guy later said Trump supports would likely still probably cheer him anyway. No kidding!

Duh!!!

These 'ditched reporters' are part of the protective press corps. They have been assigned to every president and presidential candidate since JFK was shot in 1963. They are not there to ask questions.
They are only there for national security in case the president or president-elect gets shot or meets other harm.

If Trump had gotten shot and killed last night on his way to dinner, there would be no record of it. Someone needs to explain this to Trump

Reading your eloquent prose ... the first phrase that comes to mind is "crocodile tears"

Looks like loyalty is just being rewarded to me!

Thanks for the explanation. I understand the desire to be left alone, but that isn't how it is for him now. And definitely won't be during his Presidential term.

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Kinda like if a tree falls in the forest and no one it there to hear it, huh?:D

This is stupid on many levels...must have been a liberal's idea!

How is the reporter being there when, or if, the president gets shot serve national security? Do they keep him alive by interviewing him? Do they keep the rest of the nation safe by interviewing the shooter?

There would be no record of a president being shot if the reporter was not present at the time of the shooting?? How did everyone know JFK had been shot, seeing how this stupid press corp was not invented yet??

Again, this is STUPID $hit we waste money on as a government.

he has forfeited the right to privacy

Who cares if it takes a break, as long as the SS is there.

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2008/12/27...s/27obama.html


The media has proved they are sh!t and Trump owes them zero respect.

It won't last long, because if we don't know anything else about him...we do know that Trump is a publicity whore.


I think the real question is how long will it be... before he resumes his Tweet meltdowns. :ohdear:


I give him another week...at the most. :D

Imagine that as an argument.......come on fella.

Crow with lemon sauce, sugah.

Do what the mods told you... and quit hanging on my pecker.

CNM ... you're once more confused. We've already established you're so gender fluid you don't even know if you have one of those.

Wrong again. :D

The passive-aggressive snake knows. ;)

The tradition for the Press and the President is one more that wisdom says should be observed. Even when Donald only visits the White House for governmental ceremony and lives in one of his "AMAZING" luxury properties, he will be living the philosophy of Ayn Rand and "The Virtue of Selfishness." It's not about U.S., it's about ME.

The press is OWED nothing. They are the ones putting out their lies and distortions, so they are warranted NOTHING. Just because Obie is the entertainer-in-chief and the media ate it up, does not mean that Trump is obligated to pander to the press. Tradition my @ss! Tradition tried to insist that he release his tax returns, yet he still won. Tradition says that the gov pander to the lobbyists, and he is kicking them out. Tradition is NOT law or even regulation. The press has caused the riots and protests so they can go follow the coddled children as the ignorantly protest something they do not even understand. Trump is working and he does not have time for pandering to the media. He used them to win, and they probably feel as used as a stiffed prostitute. I really enjoyed hearing them whine about him having a steak dinner with his kids, leaving out the press. Gotta love it.

agree

The PRESS does not sit with the President when he dines. They can be at Burger King, it's ok. Now, that we are getting cozy with Russia we don't want to adopt their system that controls the media. (Isvestia and Pravda). The Founding Fathers didn't make Freedom of the Press number one in the Bill of Rights just to "p!!s o!!f" future generations. Find solace and comfort at Fox and Clear Channel.

Glad that some find humor in this situation...not so funny actually !

People on here really getting full of themselves.


"This is the kind of job that falls uniquely to the protective pool following the president or vice president of the United States. It chronicles the unfolding events, large and small, of a presidency, with the belief that writing history shouldn’t be left only to loyal staffers and government officials. It tries to keep the public informed — where the president is, where the president is going, what the president is doing and saying, how the president is doing, with whom the president is meeting. And it’s designed to tell Americans, and the world, about the president’s whereabouts and well-being in the event of a crisis, and how the president is responding. At its grimmest, it’s sometimes called a “body watch,” the bleak legacy of the assassination of JFK and the attempted murder of Ronald Reagan. But the “protective” in protective pool refers to the fact that it follows the president just in case and does not assemble for a specific announcement. (The president always has a protective pool, while the vice president gets one chiefly when traveling abroad.)



Why you should care about Trump ditching his press pool

"For security reasons, there's little if any advance warning about where the presidential motorcade will be going. But once it's on the move, there's a vital tool that we used heavily to cover that visit: the protective press pool.

This term refers to a small group of journalists who are given access to travel with the president and provide information that's shared with media organizations, which can then share it with their readers. The gravity of the office demands that such accounting for the president's activities takes place, and every administration going back decades has worked with the news media to accommodate pool coverage for that reason."



Boyer: Why a presidential press pool is important | Jeremy Boyer | auburnpub.com

No one is controlling the press. They can continue to sneak around and make their own news all they wish. If the president wishes to have some private time, there is no law that I know of that states that it is mandatory for the press to be present. Their freedom does not give them privileges. The left tried to make "tradition" into a regulation of some sort with his tax return, and it did not work. In order to work, someone has to give a sh*t.

Good post I totally agree.


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This is the same press that was present and recorded the events when Reagan was shot.

I'm guessing every President in our lifetimes has been followed by the media. Just like famous personalities. Every President has revealed his tax returns. When you become famous that comes with the territory. President Obama's faults have all been exposed by the media. The Donald is subject to the same scrutiny. When we become a one party system like our beloved trading partners in China we can conveniently disregard The Bill of Rights and The Constitution to protect our leaders from criticism.

How dare Trump eat in private! He needs to be transparent like Hillary and Obama were with Benghzi, or how transparent Hillary attempted to be by secreting and illegally using her own email server to transmit classified and business information. I wonder if Trump wiped his dish when he was through like Hillary wiped her server. Trump probably tipped his server, while Hillary deleted her server.

They Are Both Right
 

Clearly the news media in general has lost the respect of its readers and justifiably so given their unethical behavior. So it is logical that Trump and others would not trust them and ignore or strike out at a reporter whom they deemed having a biased/personal agenda.

On the other hand we do have a right to be fully informed of the president's actions, relationships etc ( transparency)

This is a fine line and in order for journalist to walk it they better prove to any president that they can be trusted to utilize good judgment and always behave in an ethical manner

Personal Best Regards:

How would you suggest this be done ?

Just saying because our new President will "tweet" or whatever needs to be done if a story is written about him that is not flattering.....TRUTH is NEVER a determinate for these punch backs.

He has turned many people against the media, and for the life of me I cannot understand anyone undermining the media. If you do not agree, fine but I am speaking of the rhetoric he used, prompting his followers to spit and yell obscenity at anyone even remotely in the area of media.

He go the nomination because of the media, of that nobody can argue.

What do you suggest the media do for Trump ?

Not making a general defense of the media because they can irritate me a lot, but mostly when they do not print MY views :) What do they do if they are not lying about him ?

I sure want the media to keep all of them honest.....do not want them to lie.....but sure want them to keep that oval honest and his constant rantings cannot change facts !

The news should be reported like a police incident report.........facts, not opinions. If we want opinions, we can turn back to the commentaries and comments section.

Exactly , Trump owes these scumbags nothing. Tradition means nothing! Let's start with law and order.

When the press proves they are not the scum they are maybe the Don will respect them.

Curious as to your source of news. I am sure there are more than one, but the one that fits your definition most closely.

Your own eyes when you're actually there as it happens.

EVERYTHING else is suspect, subject to the reporters interpretation.

10 people watching the same thing results in several different versions of "what happened". Studies show eye witnesses are unreliable. Unmolested video. But then you need the context.

The "news", "history", it's all corrupted, like those above us. High level Politicians, CEOs, High level Clergy...all corrupt. We hear what they want us to hear.

I don't trust Wikileaks, Snowden either. Controlled opposition, leak enough but never TOO much.

Chomsky has a lot of good points...too bad he's IMPOSSIBLE to watch/listen to. Manufactured Consent...that's their propaganda in a nutshell. Make us WANT to accept it, even though it's bullsh!t. Equality. Diversity. They convince you it's grand, noble, the right thing to do...when it destroys you. Shake it off...take the red pill. Become TRULY enlightened.

"Someone owes these scumbags nothing" "let's start with law and order" In a dictatorship there is also law and order. There is no "Freedom of Speech." Fidel Castro, Joseph Stalin, Chairman Mao, Adolph Hitler. "I use emotion for the many and reason for the few" A.Hitler
"Politics is when you say you are going to do one thing while intending to do another. Then you do neither what you said or what you intended" Saddam Hussein.

The media has proved what they are. Let them earn THE Donald's respect.

Tradition means nothing, I hate when people say "but we are a nation of immigrants."

It's about law and order!

Without it, there is nothing.

Donald Trump has to earn our respect. His conduct during his campaign sure indicates it is not deserved.

White House press corps - Wikipedia

The Press Corps play a pivotal role in our Founding Fathers vision of a Free Press not controlled by the Government. This is a very important check-and-balance against the kind of tyranny they were so afraid of that you find throughout English, Greek and Roman history.

Over 60 million and over 300 electoral votes say he did.

World leaders are calling him, the stock market......

You just don't like him, there's a flight to Canada at 5pm, need a ride?

Do you think they missed an opportunity to interview the waiter that served him?

That's something of national interest?

He is shunning the MSM for screwing him over the last 18 months get that?

Also he's not yet sworn in that matter?

Trump is punking them for amusement.