NPR is asking the State Department to explain its decision to deny an NPR reporter press credentials to travel with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on an upcoming trip to Europe
Related previous discussion. This is not the first time that the Trump Administration has tried to deny journalists. This is a super slippery slope and it bothers me a lot. NPR seemed to provide...
This is not the first time that the Trump Administration has tried to deny journalists. This is a super slippery slope and it bothers me a lot. NPR seemed to provide the evidence that they were not trying to ambush Pompeo and that they were upfront about what the interview was going to be about. I can get that Pompeo is under a lot of pressure, but to drop NPR's reporter is a little sketch.
It'll be interesting to see the State Departments reasoning in writing (if they respond at all, which I don't expect them to) because it'll be really hard to defend. And once it's written down,...
It'll be interesting to see the State Departments reasoning in writing (if they respond at all, which I don't expect them to) because it'll be really hard to defend. And once it's written down, it's set and you can't easily deny it how this admin is wont to do.
Related previous discussion.
This is not the first time that the Trump Administration has tried to deny journalists. This is a super slippery slope and it bothers me a lot. NPR seemed to provide the evidence that they were not trying to ambush Pompeo and that they were upfront about what the interview was going to be about. I can get that Pompeo is under a lot of pressure, but to drop NPR's reporter is a little sketch.
"The most essential journalism of every era is precisely that which a government attempts to silence."
It'll be interesting to see the State Departments reasoning in writing (if they respond at all, which I don't expect them to) because it'll be really hard to defend. And once it's written down, it's set and you can't easily deny it how this admin is wont to do.