Wednesday, May 12, 2021

White House Exercising Editorial Control Over The Press Corps. Reporters Must Now Need To Get Quotes Approved By The White House Before Publishing

White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki delivers remarks during a press briefing inside the White House in Washington, D.C., February 3, 2021. (Tom Brenner/Reuters)  

NYPost: Reporters have to get quotes approved by White House before publishing: report  

White House reporters are ​seething over a policy that requires them to submit quotes from interviews with Biden administration officials to the communications team for approval, editing or veto, according to a report on Tuesday. ​ 

The White House is demanding that reporters who conduct interviews with administration officials do so under conditions known as “background with ​quote approval,” Politico reported. ​  

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Update #1: Reporters fume at White House 'quote approval' rules (Politico)  

Update #2: White House Press Corps Handed Editorial Control to Biden Team (NR)  

WNU Editor: Defending the indefensible .... Psaki defends the White House's 'quote approval' rule as reporters grow frustrated (Business Insider).

28 comments:

Anonymous said...

This makes Lapides and his merry band beyond happy.

Anonymous said...

Another brilliant retort from our betters!

Anonymous said...

A government official say something in public, while on the clock and people are not suppose to report it to the wider public until the Usurper Regime finagle or delete it.

On another note are were sure FL called everyone an asshole? He did not use his official account. It could have been a troll.

Assuming it was FL, why was he ever employed by a university? That is just wrong on so many levels.

Anonymous said...

Judge not lest ye be judged

Anonymous said...

anon
How do you know where he was employed?
true sign of a stalker!

Anonymous said...

Gosh, maybe he got it from his public bio. Come on Fred it's not working, surely a patch cord ranger can do better.

Anonymous said...

You better think about that long and hard Fred ol' buddy.

Anonymous said...

How? Very easily. Guy commented under his real name. With numerous samples of writing published under his name. it is easy to discern his writing styles(s), 3or 4, and his political positions, Von Munchausen poser convictions.

Guy also made quite a splash. He is quick to tell you about the IDF membership shaking hands with Wiesenthal (on at least 2 websites). He mentions those 2 "facts" to prove his Jewish and pro-Israel credentials. Yet, you never see him sticking up for Israel in any definite manner.

This is the guy who has commented that you can say rightwing but not leftwing.

This is a guy, who will come out of the wood work, so fast if a prominent Democrat is criticised. A lot of conservative will criticise 1/3rd to 2/rds of prominent Republicans as well as most every Democrat. So how in the guy's mind it is alright to criticise a Republican, but don't you dare criticise a Democrat!

Here is proof that mainline conservative publications will criticise Republicans:
The three faces of the Republican Party

Guy posts all sorts of thing sunder his name here at WNU and elsewhere. Such as he does not believe in G-d. I have a kid, who does not believe in G-D. So I could care loess, if the guy believes until it gets to the culture wars. The guy is on lockstep with every leftwinger idea, which comes down the pike.

So the guy is vocal obnoxious, ubiquitous and wrong. He is always underfoot like dog crap on a Paris street.

Anonymous said...

That guy also got blow job from your sister

Anonymous said...

But Paris's streets smell better!

Anonymous said...

Lol keep trying!

fred said...

the Usurper Regime ??
I challenge you to prove what you say here.
Biden won the pop vote
Biden won the electoral college
every challenge by Trump turned down by the courts
yet you persist in The Big Lie
If Biden did not win, what of those in gop who got elected in that election? they should not hold office?

Anonymous said...

get a life anon and try to make a comment that deals with the topic
your puny self esteem is clear to many of us

Anonymous said...

The practice allows the White House an extra measure of control as it tries to craft press coverage. At its best, quote approval allows sources to speak more candidly about their work. At its worst, it gives public officials a way to obfuscate or screen their own admissions and words.

The Biden White House isn’t the first to employ the practice. Many reporters say it’s reminiscent of the tightly controlled Obama White House. The Trump White House used it, too.

Anonymous said...

Liar

Anonymous said...

"Extra measure of control" you really like that don't you Lapides.

Anonymous said...


I suggest boycotting the regime, it's spokespeople, and their press shows a few times.

Anonymous said...

It had nothing to do with puny self esteem. It had everything to do with replying to 12:58, who signed off as FL and used cuss words.

I suppose 12:58 could be a troll using FL's initials and imitate his low born style. But Fred jumped out of the bushes at 2:37. So, it is a confirmed sighting of a shiftless know-nothing.

Let's be honest. Fred supports IDF women no more than he supports got Palestinian women. He'd support them even, if they threatened him. He is slow, very slow, and always has been.

We should get a betting pool on a certain some one shouting from the river to the sea in the past or in the future. Whichever way the party marches, is the way the guy goes.

Anonymous said...

get a life you dumb fuck
stop your verbal jerking off
have you nothing better to do, to offer?
truly a trump supporter : dumb, low self esteem, scared of changes in the nation.
You like Trump are both losers

Anonymous said...

fish or cut bait:
who won the presidential election?
Trump
Biden

If Trump, why had 60 different judges--many trump appointed--said the elections were legal and fair
Why electoral college say Biden won
Now if you think otherwise, tell us what your proof is other than Master Trump said so

Anonymous said...

So now you want proof, how about something you understand................. RUSSIA DID IT! You had so much proof for all those years. How you like the bed you made!

Anonymous said...

But you enjoyed that male student didn't you?

Jac said...

We are in China now.

Anonymous said...

Don't tell Lapides that, the shock might ahem bring him to his senses.

Anonymous said...

Lukashenko won election in White Russia. Electoral college there said he won.

Lukashenko won the presidency
Lukashenko won the House
Lukashenko won the Senate

Protesters are loser, loser, loser.

Gee, I'm so smart I could be a professor at a university. Derrrrrrr

Anonymous said...

The resemblance is uncanny lol!

Jon said...

You guys are weird

Anonymous said...

It's not working