Should all credentialed press be admitted to a White House briefing? White House Press Secretary excluded reporters from several major national news organizations last week. Why did he do it? And, what’s the industry’s response?
Ayesha Rascoe, Reuters, “White House bars some news organizations from briefing”
Mahita Gajanan, Fortune, “Republicans speak out on freedom of the press after President Trump calls media the ‘Enemy’”
Rebecca Savransky, The Hill, “Trump: I won’t move the press room”
Ali Vitali, NBC News, “White House excludes several outlets from press gaggle”
Sarah Maslin Nir, New York Times: “Protesters gather to support the press, from Fox News to the New York Times”
The Editorial Board, New York Times: “Barring the White House press corps from the White House”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOAD0_Ito8E
James Warren, Poynter: “Will the White House press band together after briefing ban? Don’t count on it.”
Erik Wemple, Washington Post: “Sean Spicer is losing his grip”
Joel B. Pollack, Breitbart: “Media outrage over White House ‘exclusion’ is fake news”
Evan Osnos, New Yorker: “Can the White House pick its press?”
Plugging up the leaks
Jeff Zeleny & Daniella Diaz, CNN: “Sources: Trump signed off on checking White House staffers’ phones”
Annie Karni & Alex Isenstadt, POLITICO: “Sean Spicer targets own staff in leak crackdown”
Chas Danner, New York Magazine: “Spicer’s staff leaks news of ‘Phone Check’ targeting leaks”
Jill Disis, CNN Money: “New York Times editor Dean Baquet: Why journalists need to use anonymous sources”
Mike Allen, Axios: “Exclusive: Spicer arranged CIA, GOP intelligence push-back”
Karoun Demirjian, Washignton Post: “House Intelligence chairman denies evidence of Trump team’s ties to Russia”
Staying home from the WHCD
Maquita Peters & Domenico Montarano, NPR: “Trump will be the first U.S. president in 36 years to skip WHCA’s dinner”
Patrick Shanley, Hollywood Reporter: “Fans suggest Alec Baldwin replace Trump at White House Correspondents’ Dinner”
WHCA: “WHCAstatement on the 2017 White House Correspondents’ Dinner”
Hadas Gold, POLITICO: “Media companies rethink their WHCA dinner party plans”
Erik Wemple, Washington Post: “Trump bows out of press dinner. Woohoo!”
Some new taglines
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=gY0Fdz350GE
Mary Papenfuss, Huffington Post: “The New York Times is running a ‘Truth is Hard’ ad during Oscars”
Paul Farhi, Washington Post: “The Washington Post’s new slogan turns out to be an old saying”
Jason Abbruzzese, Mashable: “Here’s a movie poster inspired by the Washington Post’s new slogan: ‘Democracy dies in darkness’”
Kate Scanlon, The Blaze: “WashigntonPost’s new slogan mocked on Twitter”
State ranks
Mark Silva, U.S. News, “Ranking states, highlighting success, promoting progress”
Bryan Lowry, The Kansas City Star, “Missouri fares much better than Kansas in new rankings of U.S. state governments”
Joshua Miller, The Boston Globe, “In boon for Baker, Mass. ranked best state”
Elizabeth Crisp, The Advocate, “Louisiana comes in dead last in new ‘Best States’ ranking”
An Oscars to Remember
Michael Rothman & Michael Edison Hayden, ABC News: “’Moonlight wins best picture after ‘La La Land’ mistakenly announced”
Cara Buckley & Brooks Barnes, New York Times: “What it was like onstage during the Oscars 2017 best picture mistake”
Joe Mays & Anousha Sakoui, Bloomberg: “PwCapologizes for Oscar mix-up after giving wrong envelope”
David Gelles & Sapna Maheshwari, New York Times: “Oscars mistake threatens reputation of PricewaterhouseCoopers”
Ted Johnson, Variety: “Most political Oscars ever? Kimmel and Hollywood call out Trump”
Delaney Strunk, CNN: “AsgharFarhadi ‘Salesman’ director who protested travel ban, wins Oscar”
Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times: “’O.J. Made in America’ vanquishes boundaries as it wins the Oscar for documentary feature”
Kurt Schlosser & Taylor Soper, GeekWire: “Amazon wins 3 Oscars in a first for streaming studio – and Jeff Bezos gets a fun shout out”
Kristopher Tapley & Alex Stedman, Variety: “MahershalaAli first Muslim to win an Oscar”
Amy B. Wang, Washington Post: “And the Oscar for best surprised tourist goes to… ‘Gary from Chicago’”
