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CNN Reporter: White House Called My Questions Inappropriate, Banned Me From Event
https://www.npr.org/2018/07/25/632518447/white-house-reporter-says-she-was-banned-from-press-event-for-inappropriate-quesSeveral journalists have excoriated the White House for barring Collins after she did her professional duty as they see it.
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The White House Correspondents' Association President Olivier Knox condemned the Trump administration for its decision to ban Collins.
"This type of retaliation is wholly inappropriate, wrong-headed, and weak. It cannot stand," he wrote in a statement. "Reporters asking questions of powerful government officials, up to and including the President, helps hold those people accountable."
Blitzer reported CNN's network bureau chiefs in Washington, D.C., "are filing formal complaints with Shine and others at the White House."
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The White House Correspondents' Association President Olivier Knox condemned the Trump administration for its decision to ban Collins.
"This type of retaliation is wholly inappropriate, wrong-headed, and weak. It cannot stand," he wrote in a statement. "Reporters asking questions of powerful government officials, up to and including the President, helps hold those people accountable."
Blitzer reported CNN's network bureau chiefs in Washington, D.C., "are filing formal complaints with Shine and others at the White House."
Hopefully Ms. Collins will be reinstated ASAP with an apology. I'm not counting on the apology, but at least reinstatement.
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