No, the goal is not to "get the AP back in its rightful place" in the White House, it's to keep freedom of the press despite an abusive White House attacking it.
Or at least it should be. You're in "hang together or hang separately" territory and you're pleading behind the scenes with the hangman.
Or at least it should be. You're in "hang together or hang separately" territory and you're pleading behind the scenes with the hangman.
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Rightly or wrongly, some of the people involved feel that grandstanding would only impede the goal, which is to get The AP back in its rightful place in the "pool." To put it another way, increased public pressure could result in decreased success.
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They're not without leverage, they just don't attacks on the First Amendment is a reason to use it.
The problem is the president abusing power in an effort to curtail 1A.
You've written that the harshest media critics—who say you'd throw away truth, journalistic ethics, and freedom of the press for a bit of access—are right.
He wants them to be there more than they need to be there.
Like all other recent "deals" he will fold if you stand up to him.
Right now he is testing boundaries. Do not obey in advance.
They knew it not because MSM attacked them, but because it sold its soul for access to them so it can write puff pieces about them.