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Every News outlet WH banned from press briefing is chasing stories on Trumps Russia ties
[font size="3"]News outlets banned from the White House press gaggle all have one thing in common: They have all broken or urged the pursuit of major stories about the Trump teams illicit relationship with Russian intelligence.[/font]http://shareblue.com/every-outlet-wh-banned-from-press-briefing-is-chasing-stories-on-trumps-russia-ties/
White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer took what several White House reporters who have covered both parties described as unprecedented action by banning several major outlets from a press briefing. The briefing was designed to push back on reporting indicating that the Trump administration has been colluding with the FBI to squash stories on contacts between Donald Trumps team and Russia.
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While restricting the outlets that could participate, the move was described in an Orwellian White House release as an expanded pool.
Among those excluded were The New York Times, Buzzfeed, Politico, and CNN. All of those outlets have done significant reporting on the Trump-Russia connection. Additionally, the Guardian was banned, and they have pressed for investigating Trumps Russian ties.
Here is a rundown of the stories that motivated this latest Trump attack on the free press:
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Every News outlet WH banned from press briefing is chasing stories on Trumps Russia ties (Original Post)
Bill USA
Feb 2017
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democratisphere
(17,235 posts)1. They are guilty and paranoid as hell.
Impeachment.
rzemanfl
(29,568 posts)2. Every one of them will chase even harder now. n/t
gopiscrap
(23,765 posts)3. What a surprise (sarcasm intended)
BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)4. Dumpf Team: We are not criminals!
So stop saying that!!!
Nitram
(22,877 posts)5. They're just drawing more attention to their lame attempts to stonewall Russiagate. So stupid.