So, @oliverdarcy.bsky.social has gotten the text of the letter sent by 40 news orgs to the White House re its ban on the AP. Signatories range from NBC, Washpost and The Guardian to Fox and Newsmax. www.status.news/p/associated... - ThreadSky

bgrueskin.bsky.social • 2 days ago

So, @oliverdarcy.bsky.social has gotten the text of the letter sent by 40 news orgs to the White House re its ban on the AP.

Signatories range from NBC, Washpost and The Guardian to Fox and Newsmax. https://www.status.news/p/associated-press-donald-trump-white-house?_bhlid=397964fe3387303b88a0eefd3fe7ad5bfb8f08b7&utm_campaign=ap-s-back-channel-press&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_source=www.status.news

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dechardin.bsky.social•2 days ago

To Mainstream News - it’s long past time to find the guts to do your part to save our Nation. There ain’t no “2 sides” to the story. Never has been. We can’t do it alone. Stand up & honor those who sacrificed everything to protect & preserve the 1st Amendment & the power and duty of the free press.

dechardin.bsky.social•2 days ago

To Mainstream News - walk out en masse ya damn cowards. You have the power to ban him from the news cycles, but you keep broadcasting every despicable thing he says. Let Fox News have the SOB. Then find the courage to finally tell the world the truth about this bloviated, deranged narcissist.

cthulul.bsky.social•2 days ago

No ultimatum, no consequences, weak.

They're all just gonna keep showing up to be lied to.

funmandave.bsky.social•2 days ago

Having read the letter, it doesn’t even reach the level of “sternly worded.”

eugenehetzel.bsky.social•2 days ago

Sveltly disagreed.

jientho.bsky.social•2 days ago

You’re not “standing by” the AP when AP is standing out in the hallway and you’re still sitting your lazy asses in the room.

travelingbruce.bsky.social•2 days ago

Sue 'em!

mdroehr.bsky.social•2 days ago

Yes! Second Amendment Rights don's mean much without a Free Press!!

msmeredithmm.bsky.social•1 day ago

They don’t care!!

rlangford2.bsky.social•2 days ago

cherry picking the constitution is a thing with trump, republicans and maga. i really bet trumps give two bits what the press thinks. need to go see a judge, or just remove trump
and have a new election.
the later sounds really good

mrsuhail.bsky.social•2 days ago

I have started the youtube channel for discussion all around 🌎 world if anyone is interested to join can DM me.....
Only interested person

bmacknight.bsky.social•2 days ago

Asking nicely will not do anything. They need to do a mass walk out and protest.

Of course, that will never happen.

vought.bsky.social•2 days ago

They have 99% of the power on their side in this equation and they ceded it all to a washed up real estate developer.

vought.bsky.social•2 days ago

Wow. Please don’t be mean to us.

vtgal.bsky.social•2 days ago

Bravo. Glad the press has finally had the courage to speak up.

thedesertcat.bsky.social•2 days ago

You mean the people that caused all this and still show up themselves? You call that courage?

vtgal.bsky.social•2 days ago

It’s not much but better than nothing…

theglobalvc.bsky.social•2 days ago

When the WH Press Corp decides to cover AOC press conferences instead of the WH, then maybe things will change.

queenief.bsky.social•2 days ago

Followed

trixienorton.bsky.social•2 days ago

Oh, that'll do it. One thing we know about Trump and his minions, they respect words and their meanings and are open to constructive criticism.

mrsuhail.bsky.social•2 days ago

I have started the youtube channel for discussion all around 🌎 world if anyone is interested to join can DM me.....
Only interested person

ww444.bsky.social•2 days ago

Until more and more people step up and stand up to this Monster who thinks he's all about America first (wink wink nod nod), he will continue to push the envelope more and more.

This is Great!!! Go get him!

nancyleigh.bsky.social•2 days ago

Too little, too late I fear...

tavira.bsky.social•2 days ago

Um, when they (of course) ignore it, will those organizations DO anything? My money is on nope. Courage is in very short supply I …well, everywhere.

ideetje9.bsky.social•2 days ago

Normal everyday ruZZian behavior.

kristla.bsky.social•2 days ago

What’s their next move?

jawalker.bsky.social•2 days ago

Or what? This is feckless as fuck.

labsp61.bsky.social•2 days ago

Seems a little mealy mouthed

carmelacruz.bsky.social•2 days ago

They all need to walk out in protest if Trump doesn’t relent. Otherwise it means nothing.

alphistia.bsky.social•2 days ago

Musktrump and their minions simply DO NOT CARE. They are against freedom of the press and American democracy, and will push their agenda as far as they can until they are deprived of power.

jesterholm.bsky.social•2 days ago

Ah, but I doubt the felon wants the public to receive accurate information.

cld9vineyard.bsky.social•2 days ago

Heartening to read but to me it comes up short.
I wish they would boycott

risetovictory.bsky.social•2 days ago

The press needs to step up and fight.

They can sue for 1st Amendment violations denying their right to gather and report news on arbitrary and discriminatory grounds.

jnavas.com•2 days ago

Sending a letter is ... well ... pointless.
They need to boycott press events at which AP is excluded.

bgrueskin.bsky.social•2 days ago

The letter was sent privately, and, well... https://bsky.app/profile/bgrueskin.bsky.social/post/3lik5yjy2fk2x

dbrucedd9431968.bsky.social•2 days ago

"Must be free to make editorial decisions"*

*Unless the billionaire owner doesn't like the editorial or the idea of endorsing a given candidate.

simplysusan.bsky.social•2 days ago

Where is the "or we shall ..." part?

astill73.bsky.social•2 days ago

📌

buttercupdjf.bsky.social•2 days ago

The real protest by the press would be if they stopped giving him airtime. Suck all the air out of his room. Don’t give him press coverage.

marybeth-s.bsky.social•2 days ago

In another time, that would work. In the era of social media and influencers, the message will still go out; the coverage will simply be about the messengers who deliver the message.

buttercupdjf.bsky.social•2 days ago

across the 40+ news orgs that were a part of this, they can still tackle misinformation across the social platform— shifting focus

theresistanceat.bsky.social•2 days ago

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demsarehotter.bsky.social•2 days ago

Fox and Newsmax? Wow!

oldgreymare.bsky.social•2 days ago

Like president Musk and the first felon are going to even read it.

hambone717.bsky.social•2 days ago

If they think writing a letter is going to affect Trump, they are delusional. He’s a bully. PUSH BACK.

saltyshawn.bsky.social•2 days ago

So if they stand with the AP, why did they not walk out as soon as AP was banned. I am not impresses with a limp response such as a letter FFS

mbierman.bsky.social•2 days ago

Or what? When they stop feeding King Trump coverage, I’ll applaud.

mabber23.bsky.social•2 days ago

“You’d better not, or we’ll send a strongly worded letter!”

thedesertcat.bsky.social•2 days ago

I'm gonna guess the consequences for strongly worded letters is even less than convicting him of a felony, which was zero consequences.

stonefeathers.bsky.social•2 days ago

How about they alllllll walk out

Trump wants to be covered and will be pissed

Just stand in solidarity why just why is this so hard

Y’all stood with fox but won’t for AP
IF TRUE 🖕🏼🖕🏼🖕🏼🖕🏼
https://niemanreports.org/fox-dominion-lawsuit/

mrspock1701.bsky.social•2 days ago

Precisely this. This letter alone doesn’t mean shit.

alastrionatoo.bsky.social•2 days ago

Wow, that will show him. Almost as if Susan Collins wrote it.

rodgilbert.bsky.social•2 days ago

Did he just cut off the last part where it says all news organizations will boycott Presidential news briefings and press conferences if the ban isn’t lifted?

lro70.bsky.social•2 days ago

that would take actual courage for them to say

instead they sent a tsk-tsk note

dmalia.bsky.social•2 days ago

If you don’t change your stance and let AP journalists back in the room we’re going to…keep showing up and broadcasting your lies out to the public for you. But our next letter is going to be really mean!

friedelkorn.bsky.social•2 days ago

This! As if Trump would react to them "standing by" the AP- whatever that means, anyway.
They would need to boycott the White House or demonstratively live stream it to AP and deliver their questions.

thatdbemethatd.bsky.social•2 days ago

Once again asking will result in nothing.

A threat to all not attending or reporting on announcements is a different matter.

itsmikeschwartz.bsky.social•2 days ago

The Trumpists must be hanging their heads in shame and wallowing in guilt and self-doubt after that scathing takedown.

planningforall.bsky.social•2 days ago

Refuse to give him an audience. Fox will cover it and then you can comment and clarify his lies later. You don’t need to be in his face.

mytfinn.bsky.social•2 days ago

And then they should all refuse to show up until AP is reinstated. Put some teeth into this statement!

wheezer2024.bsky.social•2 days ago

"What's the constitutional?" -trump

yarnlover.bsky.social•2 days ago

Too bad every single GOP (Gaggle of Putin-lickspittles) in Congress supports the degradation of our Constitution.

kaptruthbetold.bsky.social•2 days ago

So let me get this …they write a letter to the WH, because the letter will get their point across much better than empty seats? There’s a 💩load of either hubris or idiocy from legacy media! Two things can be true at the same time!

addictivegadget.bsky.social•2 days ago

And what consequences does it set out for when it is ignored? Which of those consequences will actually be imposed? This is all so pathetically mid-2017.

diegosacarello.bsky.social•2 days ago

useless lol

davidsp72.bsky.social•2 days ago

Letters certainly are quaint.

democracyxxxx.bsky.social•2 days ago

@GOP YOU GOOD WITH BEING RUSSIA? TRUMP SURE IS!

steveknapp.bsky.social•2 days ago

Freedom of the press is not just important to democracy, it is democracy.
Walter Cronkite

10smomaz.bsky.social•2 days ago

All those who signed JUST DON’T SHOW UP TO COVER HIM! VERY SIMPLE CAUSE AND EFFECT!! DON’T REINFORCE HIS NEGATIVE BEHAVIOR. DON’T PUBLISH HIS GARBAGE TWEETS OR COVER HIS PRESSERS!! It would take 24 hours at most to change his behavior!!Treat him like a toddler who is having a tantrum! IGNORE!!

staystrong1776.bsky.social•2 days ago

I’m conducting interviews daily to learn who our federal employees are! I’m not a reporter! I’m a federal employee myself and I figure this is the best way for me to fight back! To have the public see that we are people, who give up so much to be civil servants!

https://youtu.be/hjH6bElW7yY?si=Y-0S31KUOfDPiNGv

michfisher.bsky.social•2 days ago

End the ban on the AP or what? They’ll send a note begging “pretty please” next time? What feckless cowards. Take a real stand, FFS.

steadyhabits.bsky.social•2 days ago

OAN and the podcasters didn't sign?

brian66n.bsky.social•2 days ago

The only way we're going to get rid of "F elon and the Felon" is by making them pay.

berniemj.bsky.social•2 days ago

Ok, so they "ask" the White House to lift the ban on the AP. So what? What are they going to do about it? Obviously, the White House does not care about your quaint letters.

davel1001.bsky.social•2 days ago

Like Trump is bothered about anything in the Constitution

errg.bsky.social•2 days ago

Wow, that is pathetic. We "once again ask," wow, they didn't even escalate from the previous time where they presumably "asked"...

dankrem.bsky.social•2 days ago

If would actually be awesome if all of them would act upon those very words..

jackeber.com•2 days ago

They don’t respect freedom of the press. Get real. One of the first things despots do is either close or compromise news outlets to control information.

mosheman.bsky.social•2 days ago

In protest, news organizations should start referring to POTUS as “overweight President Trump”. When they’re kicked out of pressers, they can litigate and Trump’s BMI will be part of the discovery.

rsulli74.bsky.social•2 days ago

Trump will just glance at it and throw it away.

maryhilt.bsky.social•2 days ago

it would be good if the majority of them had not openly supported Trump during the election.

Hypocrisy cuts deep. "Oh, spare us from your wrath because we were nice to you!"

pjmacwriter.bsky.social•2 days ago

And when he doesn't lift the ban, they should boycott the WH. Cut off his oxygen.

2strong2silence.bsky.social•2 days ago

And this is why white folks cannot be trusted as allies. This is as spineless as it gets. How about you all not show up until they are let back in & you all call out how stupid the whole "Gulf Of America" nonsense is? Oh right access is more important to you bitch ass punks. That is how we got here.

kaptruthbetold.bsky.social•2 days ago

WAIT…did anyone read the multiple post on Republicans voting along w/POTUS Musk because of FEAR OF MAGA RETALIATION? Some even crying because of ‘ they know where I live, & my children?’ Talk about spineless! That’s on steroids! Pray we can 🗳️ in 26/28 & kick these insects out!

kaptruthbetold.bsky.social•2 days ago

Vanity Fair: In private, Republicans talk about their fear that Trump might incite his MAGA followers to commit political violence against them if they don’t rubber-stamp his actions!

derfelif.bsky.social•2 days ago

Why isn't Vanity Fair touting the courage of Democrats? Seems like a much more positive and interesting story.

its-lex-actually.bsky.social•2 days ago

That’d be a pretty short story

2strong2silence.bsky.social•2 days ago

You mean what black folks have lived with forever? Gee maybe if you spoke and said something the public would be outraged.

upwardfalling13.bsky.social•2 days ago

What’s next, assuming the letter is ignored by the Resident Ignoramus?

friedelkorn.bsky.social•2 days ago

This is with what they want to convince the guy who has shown he has no respect whatsoever for institutions or the law?
🤔
Maybe next time, use a "!" or "or else...". Has worked a charm on every bully ever.

dawnpopp.bsky.social•2 days ago

Looks like they took a page from Susan Collins' book. Gotta love those strongly worded letters. 🙄

andrejkask.bsky.social•2 days ago

Maybe it is time to also alert international community.

princa.bsky.social•2 days ago

If the other news organizations "stand with the AP", they should be standing outside the WH and AF1...just sayin'

1technodiva.bsky.social•2 days ago

White politeness has been overestimated as a power flex.

stonemom.bsky.social•1 day ago

Oh, and if they all "actually" stood with the AP, they would boycott the WH press briefings. Nothing would drive mango mussolini and his gremlins crazier than having no one show up, and then having all the news be about how no one showed up to their freak show.

stonemom.bsky.social•1 day ago

Keep in mind that Fox and other signatories continue to lie to benefit Trump or downplay negative stories/simply note stories about Trump actions by observing (in essence) that those actions have "owned the libs." So they can sign as many letters like this as they want and go f--- themselves.

grippeminaud.bsky.social•2 days ago

boycott!

pompouswarm.bsky.social•2 days ago

Ooh a strongly worded letter. GOTEM.

winniethewitch.bsky.social•2 days ago

They should all boycott and screw 'access.' Access Journalism has been a plague on the Fourth Estate

joanneoncape.bsky.social•2 days ago

Definitely not worded strong enough!

floridadab.bsky.social•2 days ago

At least they are getting closer and inching their way to, let the AP in or we are all out.

justacndngirl123.bsky.social•2 days ago

So strongly worded! Did Susan Collins write it for them? 😜

treeesq.bsky.social•2 days ago

The idea that these supposedly savvy journalists think a secret letter will convince the MAGA Trumpsters to behave differently would be laughable if it weren't so scary. I think this proves that they truly don't understand the actual threat to our democratic institutions that Trump represents.

read4truth.bsky.social•2 days ago

So where’s the “Or else we bounce.” part? 🧐 Because I see Trump using this letter for his used chewing gum.

mspena1300.bsky.social•2 days ago

A collective waste of their time

eugenehetzel.bsky.social•2 days ago

Newsm@x?

holeeguacamole.bsky.social•2 days ago

The likelihood of a Trump White House backing down is at around zero, even with Fox News signing the letter.

cheryl1302.bsky.social•2 days ago

Dream on, news organizations. You seem to have mostly fallen under this dictator's spell. Glad to see that some of you may be waking up to reality and getting back to the reason the press exists.

easterbrooksj.bsky.social•2 days ago

Pretty weak language tbh…

steverodgers1.bsky.social•2 days ago

The warm lettuce treatment.

kendall-s.bsky.social•2 days ago

They need to sue him

pcrimmins.bsky.social•2 days ago

Great. Now the only way it works is if every news organization stops reporting on Trump. His ego couldn’t handle being ignored.

tancred1098.bsky.social•2 days ago

Either they gotta be willing to refuse to be right there to cover him or this really little more than kabuki theater.

Consequences or it doesn't matter.

1handed.bsky.social•2 days ago

Words, just words.
Words without actions are just...Words.

professorcanine.bsky.social•2 days ago

WH reply: NO. Pound sand. The King never makes mistakes.

mercimach.bsky.social•2 days ago

Yea it'll help.
Smh

bordesa.bsky.social•2 days ago

How sweet, they got Susan Collins to write a strong demand letter for them.

cwbates.bsky.social•2 days ago

impotence in print

demsrock.bsky.social•2 days ago

Tell me when they walk out and I’ll pay attention.

linksteroh.bsky.social•2 days ago

Trump likes nothing more to have the press listen and photograph his every word. I’m not suggesting a boycott, but maybe a short disruption, send a message to the King!

fleurishfolk.bsky.social•2 days ago

Trump's only going to laugh at that. No offence, but the time for letters is over. You Americans better get off social media and go protest in the streets. Your democracy and the rest of the world depends now on action, not preaching to the choir!

thedesertcat.bsky.social•2 days ago

Signatories include everyone who caused all this. SMDH

waddell12.bsky.social•2 days ago

Oh, a strongly worded letter......

vstanhope.bsky.social•2 days ago

Has the AP sued? I remember when Trump got pissy with Jim Acosta at a presser and successfully sued to get his credentials back.

(For clarity, I'm not sure AP's actual credentials were revoked.)

thomhutter.bsky.social•2 days ago

These people write for a living? I’ve had more resistance from overcooked noodles.

goldfarm.bsky.social•2 days ago

It won't matter to the King

bethseeley.bsky.social•2 days ago

Oh no! They're mildly disappointed. That'll show 'em.

mr-irony.bsky.social•2 days ago

“We stand with…” means “We bear witness to this crime, but have no intentions of any real action,” I guess?

ideetje9.bsky.social•2 days ago

Yes, it sounds familiar somehow.
Shouldn’t there be something like ‘whatever it takes’ added?

dickbaldwin.bsky.social•2 days ago

I suppose the "signatories" believe that the Confederacy of Traitors & Tyrants care about objective journalism & the presidency. Where y'all been lately?

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