Journalists in the Trump era certainly have had a tough time remembering the Obama era
As Twitchy reported, some uncomfortable ripples spread quickly through the Capitol when NBC News’ Kasie Hunt tweeted that reportershad been told they werenot allow to film interviews with senators in hallways, despite having done so for years.
CNN quickly put together a compilation of Senate Democrats (oh, and “a handful of Republicans”) who expressed outrage over the restriction.
Democratic senators express outrage at the new press restriction https://t.co/iflKAHkZL3 pic.twitter.com/LCqUqlxe83
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) June 13, 2017
By the time CNN’s piece went live, though, word was that the Senate Rules Committee already had reversed course.
NEW: Senate Rules Committee reverses course on hallway interviews. "You may continue to follow the rules as if it was yesterday."
— Kasie Hunt (@kasie) June 13, 2017
We’re not sure exactly what happened, to be honest, but it seems like a bad idea that blew over quickly, thankfully. Chalk it up to being a journalist in the Trump era, apparently.
In the Trump era U.S. journalists have been:
arrested
body slammed
assaulted
blacklisted
taunted by the president
denied standard access— Olivia Nuzzi (@Olivianuzzi) June 13, 2017
And had their professionalism maligned
— Lisa Ivory (@ivory_lisa) June 13, 2017
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