Trump bans CNN from White House

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ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox have all joined in protest of the ban. Those networks will not send reporters or camera crews to cover the White House and it's press conferences.

Good for them.

Banning CNN is pretty childish if you ask me and I am not a CNN or MSNOW fan.

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1 hour ago, AggiesAreWe said:

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ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox have all joined in protest of the ban. Those networks will not send reporters or camera crews to cover the White House and it's press conferences.

Good for them.

Banning CNN is pretty childish if you ask me and I am not a CNN or MSNOW fan.

Almost as bad as banning X video clips of politicians speaking on the house or senate floor ( The Peoples House) on a political forum. Lol

[AggiesAreWe]

20 minutes ago, Porter said:

Almost as bad as banning X video clips of politicians speaking on the house or senate floor ( The Peoples House) on a political forum. Lol

Difference is, this site is privately owned and there is no democracy therefore rules can be non-democratic and carried out to see fit for the betterment. 

Nothing privately owned about the White House.

[Porter]

11 minutes ago, AggiesAreWe said:

Difference is, this site is privately owned and there is no democracy therefore rules can be non-democratic and carried out to see fit for the betterment. 

Nothing privately owned about the White House.

I am well aware of that but to not be able to post a video off of X of a politician speaking to the people on a political forum is laughable. Maybe yall should get rid of the political forum. Lol

 

[AggiesAreWe]

1 minute ago, Porter said:

I am well aware of that but to not be able to post a video off of X of a politician speaking to the people on a political forum is laughable. Maybe yall should get rid of the political forum. Lol

 

I'm a very big proponent of doing just that.

Trying these measures first before canning the whole forum.

[Porter]

1 minute ago, AggiesAreWe said:

I'm a very big proponent of doing just that.

Trying these measures first before canning the whole forum.

I say do it now!

[Porter]

3 minutes ago, AggiesAreWe said:

I'm a very big proponent of doing just that.

Trying these measures first before canning the whole forum.

Just curious whose actually complaining about the  videos anyway? 

[AggiesAreWe]

1 minute ago, Porter said:

Just curious whose actually complaining about the  videos anyway? 

Doesn't matter who. When the owner says its enough, then its enough.

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These didn’t even get an honorable mention. Funny how that works.

 

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Other U.S. presidents have restricted or limited news media access, but physically barring and revoking hard press passes for specific news organizations from the White House complex is an extreme action. [

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• Past White House Access: Historically, hard press passes granting physical access to the White House complex were rarely revoked except for explicit security threats, with no major record of credential revocations penalizing outlets for political coverage prior to modern administrations.

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6 minutes ago, AggiesAreWe said:

Doesn't matter who. When the owner says it’s enough, then it’s enough.

Alright….then shut down the whole Political Forum. 

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5 minutes ago, Porter said:

Alright….then shut down the whole Political Forum. 

He's agreed to take measures now first to see if it gets cleaned up.

I recommended canning the forum but he said let's try this first.

Nobody said you had to view or post in this forum.

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33 minutes ago, AggiesAreWe said:

He's agreed to take measures now first to see if it gets cleaned up.

I recommended canning the forum but he said let's try this first.

Nobody said you had to view or post in this forum.

I am not the one that threatened to shut it down you did. Lol 

I am just agreeing with you. So it sounds like you get offended with me whether I agree or not agree with you. 
 

I am well aware I don’t have view or post on this forum just as you could also ignore my post and scroll on but you feel like you have to exert some type of power over me. Lol

 

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47 minutes ago, baddog said:

 

These didn’t even get an honorable mention. Funny how that works.

 

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 I'm not sure why he is stirring up the dust right before mid-terms.  My only guess he thinks this might rally his base and get them out for mid-terms.  

I really thought he would slow down right before mid-terms, but he is actually ramping everything up. 

And for the record, I think this was a stupid move

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58 minutes ago, baddog said:

 

These didn’t even get an honorable mention. Funny how that works.

 

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That’s the weakest whatabout I’ve ever seen. The President is not the arbiter of the accuracy of the news. The courts are. There is no comparison to this in modern history.  

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2 minutes ago, Porter said:

I am not the one that threatened to shut it down you did. Lol 

I am just agreeing with you. So it sounds like you get offended with me whether I agree or not agree with you. 
 

I am well aware I don’t have view or post on this forum just as you could also ignore my post and scroll on but you feel like you have to exert some type of power over me. Lol

 

When you quote my post, I am assuming you are speaking directly to me so therefore I will respond accordingly.

You asked a question or implied a question so I answered it.

and I am in no way offended. Just answering your question or providing info that pertains to your post.

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I say shutdown the Political Forum.

Its turned into a over censored echo chamber.

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11 minutes ago, thetragichippy said:

 I'm not sure why he is stirring up the dust right before mid-terms.  My only guess he thinks this might rally his base and get them out for mid-terms.  

I really thought he would slow down right before mid-terms, but he is actually ramping everything up. 

And for the record, I think this was a stupid move

I had read somewhere that Trump was fed up with military leaks, like missile depletions and the like. To me, that’s so treasonous it stinks. First of all, the media shouldn’t be privy to that information and then they certainly shouldn’t announce it to the world. If they would simply report the news instead of being guilty of libel, Trump wouldn’t have problems with MSM.

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2 minutes ago, baddog said:

I had read somewhere that Trump was fed up with military leaks, like missile depletions and the like. To me, that’s so treasonous it stinks. First of all, the media shouldn’t be privy to that information and then they certainly shouldn’t announce it to the world. If they would simply report the news instead of being guilty of libel, Trump wouldn’t have problems with MSM.

I 100% agree.

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12 minutes ago, UT alum said:

That’s the weakest whatabout I’ve ever seen. The President is not the arbiter of the accuracy of the news. The courts are. There is no comparison to this in modern history.  

Just because you don’t like the story, doesn’t make it weak. I think it shows your weakness not to call out Obama for attempting the same thing. Whatabouts are great ammo to show hypocrisy. I will always call attention to people’s inconsistencies.

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3 minutes ago, Porter said:

I say shutdown the Political Forum.

Its turned into a over censored echo chamber.

I disagree - I think it will force people to have discussion's versus just replying with links to other peoples opinion.

[AggiesAreWe]

2 minutes ago, thetragichippy said:

I disagree - I think it will force people to have discussion's versus just replying with links to other peoples opinion.

Thank you.

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3 minutes ago, thetragichippy said:

I disagree - I think it will force people to have discussion's versus just replying with links to other peoples opinion.

Ok, I disagree 

Shut it down!

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5 minutes ago, thetragichippy said:

I disagree - I think it will force people to have discussion's versus just replying with links to other peoples opinion.

So you can’t have a discussion on video of a politician talking on the Senate or House floor? 
 

Make that make sense. 

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12 minutes ago, AggiesAreWe said:

Thank you.

Aggie, correct me if I’m wrong, but the political forum was created because politics was ruining the sports (and other) forums…….and that was way before Trump came along.

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5 minutes ago, baddog said:

Aggie, correct me if I’m wrong, but the political forum was created because politics was ruining the sports (and other) forums…….and that was way before Trump came along.

It was created because it was taking over the Local News forum and people could not read thru that forum because of how flooded it was with political posts.