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In reply to the discussion: Reporters Fire Back After Ocasio-Cortez Defends Barring Press From Town Hall So People Would... [View all]lapucelle
(18,265 posts)14. After spending 5-6 weeks out of state, AOC had three scheduled public events in her district.
The local press was barred from two of them. That's the context. Of course the local press is upset at being shut out. And of course they are going to cover the story.
The Democratic nominee for Congress in the 14th District and virtually guaranteed winner because she has no real opponent Ocasio-Cortez held the event as part of a listening tour around the district she will represent. At a prior event in the Bronx, she was mobbed by reporters even though her campaign had told the media there would be no question-and-answer period and no one-on-one interviews, her team said. Hence the barring of the press from both another event in the Bronx and the one here [in Queens}. Also, they wanted residents to be able to speak their minds without the distraction of reporters and cameras. But, they said, these were the first of AOCs events the press was barred from, and that will not become the norm.
http://www.qchron.com/opinion/editorial/aoc-must-deal-with-press/article_882eed8d-4056-5f74-88ca-f5e7185717b5.html
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DonViejo
Aug 2018
OP
media ppl are also part of the public. event should be listed as private then. nt
msongs
Aug 2018
#1
They always find their balls when they face dems but tiptoe around the cons
Fullduplexxx
Aug 2018
#12
No Democrat should be banning the press. Pure and simple. It's a horrible decision and...
brush
Aug 2018
#17
Make it a private event. No Democrat should ever ban the press from a publc event.
brush
Aug 2018
#26
So what's your argument? Congress is the only one who shall not abridge freedom of the press?
brush
Aug 2018
#34
You seem to be having difficulty understanding that it was a poor decision to ban the press...
brush
Aug 2018
#41
The press is part of the public. IMO when you ban them specifically, there is no longer freedom...
brush
Aug 2018
#85
She's not Congress yet. But if she's going to hold "public" events, she needs to invite the public.
pnwmom
Aug 2018
#43
It is when you bill the event as "public" -- which she did. The press is part of the public
pnwmom
Aug 2018
#39
When politicians speak to groups of donors, they don't necessarily invite the press.
Sophia4
Aug 2018
#79
The fact that this is such an issue is because of intellectually dishonest bullshit
Cal Carpenter
Aug 2018
#9
After spending 5-6 weeks out of state, AOC had three scheduled public events in her district.
lapucelle
Aug 2018
#14
It was so obviously mishandled. Inexperienced advisors didn't know to make it a private event.
brush
Aug 2018
#18
some of those comments are dumb. "how does presence of reporters make people feel unsafe? "
JCanete
Aug 2018
#10
Hmmm. Steep learning curve for the darling of the left. The smackdown was righteously deserved.
Hekate
Aug 2018
#13
If she's tired of having her mistakes and missteps documented and called-out...
NurseJackie
Aug 2018
#30
Young, attractive, energetic, politically naive, overnight celebrity, in need of a mentor. Better?
Hekate
Aug 2018
#49
Well, I am crushed. My bitter tears are making my morning coffee all salty. How can I go on?
Hekate
Aug 2018
#62
And who makes sure we know about what's going on? Who let us know about caged babies?
Hekate
Aug 2018
#89
"DUsplain"? That's a nifty new word. Please explain in detail your claim that...
Hekate
Aug 2018
#92
Since when did the press, which includes local Queens/Bronx press, become "whiny assholes"?
RelativelyJones
Aug 2018
#77
When you have details and not just a smear, let us know. What are your personal news sources?
Hekate
Aug 2018
#54
This is a terrible move in an era with a President who calls the press "the enemy of the people."
pnwmom
Aug 2018
#38
I am baffled at the venomous attacks on the press in this thread. Where have all of you been?
Hekate
Aug 2018
#53
No, they made the mistake of not even doing their job. They are supposed to vet these people for the
JCanete
Aug 2018
#75