Comments on: VIDEO: THIS CLIP GOT A SF CHRONICLE REPORTER BANNED FROM OBAMA PRESS POOL http://www.healthcarebs.com/2011/04/29/video-this-is-the-clip-that-got-sfgate-reporter-banned-from-obama-press-pool/ Cleaning the Augean Stables of the Health Care Debate Mon, 21 May 2012 18:18:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Diogenes http://www.healthcarebs.com/2011/04/29/video-this-is-the-clip-that-got-sfgate-reporter-banned-from-obama-press-pool/#comment-464092 Diogenes Sat, 30 Apr 2011 04:30:16 +0000 http://www.healthcarebs.com/2011/04/29/video-this-is-the-clip-that-got-sfgate-reporter-banned-from-obama-press-pool/#comment-464092 "I can't think ..." A common characteristic of progressives in general. I remember howls of outrage (from progressives) when a guy was allowed IN the Bush WH press corps because he wasn't as openly hostile as the other "reporters." You can't remember an incident from the Bush years comparable to this week's episode because nothing like this kind of censorship ever happened during that time. “I can’t think …”

A common characteristic of progressives in general.

I remember howls of outrage (from progressives) when a guy was allowed IN the Bush WH press corps because he wasn’t as openly hostile as the other “reporters.”

You can’t remember an incident from the Bush years comparable to this week’s episode because nothing like this kind of censorship ever happened during that time.

]]> By: nyp http://www.healthcarebs.com/2011/04/29/video-this-is-the-clip-that-got-sfgate-reporter-banned-from-obama-press-pool/#comment-464091 nyp Sat, 30 Apr 2011 01:11:51 +0000 http://www.healthcarebs.com/2011/04/29/video-this-is-the-clip-that-got-sfgate-reporter-banned-from-obama-press-pool/#comment-464091 If the Bush administration had been involved in some protocol dispute with a pool representative I would not have cared less. I can't think of anyone making any kind of stink over any comparable incident during the Bush Administration. If the Bush administration had been involved in some protocol dispute with a pool representative I would not have cared less. I can’t think of anyone making any kind of stink over any comparable incident during the Bush Administration.

]]> By: Diogenes http://www.healthcarebs.com/2011/04/29/video-this-is-the-clip-that-got-sfgate-reporter-banned-from-obama-press-pool/#comment-464090 Diogenes Fri, 29 Apr 2011 21:16:09 +0000 http://www.healthcarebs.com/2011/04/29/video-this-is-the-clip-that-got-sfgate-reporter-banned-from-obama-press-pool/#comment-464090 "the damage to our cherished First Amendment freedoms does not seem significant.' Doubtless you would have taken the same blasé view if this had been done by the administration of the evil, chimpy Bush. “the damage to our cherished First Amendment freedoms does not seem significant.’

Doubtless you would have taken the same blasé view if this had been done by the administration of the evil, chimpy Bush.

]]> By: nyp http://www.healthcarebs.com/2011/04/29/video-this-is-the-clip-that-got-sfgate-reporter-banned-from-obama-press-pool/#comment-464087 nyp Fri, 29 Apr 2011 13:39:14 +0000 http://www.healthcarebs.com/2011/04/29/video-this-is-the-clip-that-got-sfgate-reporter-banned-from-obama-press-pool/#comment-464087 She broke the rule that says that pool reporters must file a pool report first before they file individual reports. Seems like a straightforward infraction. If she had filed her video with the pool report she would not have been removed from future pools. In any event, the damage to our cherished First Amendment freedoms does not seem significant. She broke the rule that says that pool reporters must file a pool report first before they file individual reports. Seems like a straightforward infraction. If she had filed her video with the pool report she would not have been removed from future pools.
In any event, the damage to our cherished First Amendment freedoms does not seem significant.

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