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I don't recall the NYT, CNN or Politico refusing to attend when Obama kicked the Washington Times and NY Post out.

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/Vote2008/story?id=6156794&pag...

Shame on them too?

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I'll save everyone the click: It's a false equivalence. Three reporters (total) were dropped from a plane flight, once.

Being held here by yummyfajitas as equivalent to barring whole organisations from a press conference.

Also this event occurred before Obama was President...

Not only are the practical aspects of the two situations different, but on top of that comparing the official actions of a sitting President versus those of a non-incumbent candidate make it even more falsely equivalent.

> The campaign says that a limited number of seats forced it to make the tough decision of which journalists would be permitted to follow the Democratic presidential candidate in the last four days of the campaign

That seems like a much more limited kicking-out than what our current administration is doing, and the constraints of an airplane seem much more limiting than those of the white house's press room.

> Oct. 31, 2008

> Barack Obama's campaign has booted from its airplane three reporters who work for newspapers that have endorsed John McCain.

Yeah, totally same thing.

To be clear, you are comparing being banned from official White House press briefings to being refused a seat on Air Force one for four days for campaign coverage.

Not even Air Force One, because this was during Obama's 2008 campaign before he was President. Just some personally chartered flight.

I don't think it was right, but it's not nearly the same. Obama was a candidate then, not the president.

Kicking them off the plane is not equivalent to kicking them out of official Press Briefings.

It's still limiting access. Is what Obama did not bad at all, or just not as bad as what Trump's team did to NYT, CNN et al?

Well, it's better than strapping them to the wing...

That is: Given limited seats on the plane, what else are they going to do? Put the reporters on the plane, and make Obama walk?

Do you not see a problem with cutting people who just so happen to work for newspapers that endorsed his opponent? On the balance, would cutting those people improve or degrade the quality of media coverage of Obama, compared to cutting reporters who are already on his side?

You're comparing seats on a campaign airplane to the White House Press Corps?

You comparing the actions of a non-sitting candidate for President to the actual President. I don't think they are equivalent.

They weren't kicked out from the normal White House press briefing. I'm sure you know that from reading the article.

Apples and Oranges.

Plane Seats vs Press Briefing

Campaign Trail vs Whitehouse

Attending an airplane?

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