NEW: reporters fume at WH’s frequent use of “background with quote approval”
“The rule treats them like coddled Capitol Hill pages and that’s not who they are or the protections they deserve,” said one reporter.
Psaki responds
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“The rule treats them like coddled Capitol Hill pages and that’s not who they are or the protections they deserve,” said one reporter.
Psaki responds
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The NYT barred the practice of interviews with quote approval back in 2012
but the NYT declined to comment on how rigorously they enforce it or if their reporters have always followed it when dealing with the Biden White House.
but the NYT declined to comment on how rigorously they enforce it or if their reporters have always followed it when dealing with the Biden White House.
.@peterbakernyt weighs in.
“the WH realized: ‘Hey, this quote approval thing is a cool thing. We can now control what is in their stories by refusing to allow them use anything without our approval.’ And it's a pernicious, insidious, awful practice that reporters should resist”
“the WH realized: ‘Hey, this quote approval thing is a cool thing. We can now control what is in their stories by refusing to allow them use anything without our approval.’ And it's a pernicious, insidious, awful practice that reporters should resist”
“Have any reporters talked about mutinying?” One reporter asked us. “If you start fomenting an insurrection, keep me updated.”
If you missed the 2012 Jeremy peters story that prompted a lot of the same questions, well worth a Re-read
nytimes.com/2012/07/16/us/…
If you missed the 2012 Jeremy peters story that prompted a lot of the same questions, well worth a Re-read
nytimes.com/2012/07/16/us/…
Oh and it shud be obvious at this point but I wrote/reported this with @theodoricmeyer
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