Tuesday, September 30, 2014

Freedom of Press anybody?

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/09/30/reporter-claims-was-told-not-to-talk-to-crowd-at-michelle-obama-event/
In this article, a reporter named Meg Kissinger of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel tells the media that she was told by aides to first lady Michelle Obama to not speak with members of the crowd. Meg, who has been reporting for 35 years, says that in all her years she has never experienced such a thing. She said that it was her right to talk to whomever she wanted and she did just that ignoring the "rule."

In my opinion this is something that cannot be tolerated. For the wife of a president who has been labeled 'unconstitutional' this is just another reason for me to be skeptical of what is going on in the white house. The first lady was there to drum up support for a candidate and obviously there was some kind of opinion from the crowd that the white house did not want us to know about. It infringes on the right of all people to freedom of the press.

This affects the people of the country because we do not know now if we have heard the whole story of some reports. How do we know that this hasn't happened before and the reporter may have actually listened? We really cannot say.

1 comment:

  1. I agree with Travis that there should be no limitations on what information can or can not be reported, even if the white house first lady disagrees. If there was restrictions on certain issues reporters would not be allowed to do their jobs to their full potential. They need full access on issues so everyone can know information and make their own informed decisions.

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