Ambassador Harris Criticized for Limiting Media Invited to First News Conference

 

It would be helpful if the article would have specified which news outlets were not invited to the news conference.  Maybe the embassy only invited major news outlets and not smaller ones?:

Ambassador Harry Harris

New U.S. Ambassador Harry Harris held his first news conference Thursday since taking the job. The former admiral invited several newspapers and broadcasters, but others were not invited.

Certainly, it was his prerogative to invite who he wished, but this approach often carries risks.

In Harris’ case, it could send a wrong message not just to the uninvited media outlets but by extension their readership or audiences.

The “wrong” message is that the new ambassador is emulating his boss, President Donald Trump, picking choosing from the media so he can speak to outlets he views as favorable (in Trump’s case, Fox) and lumping the rest as fake news producers (in Trump’s case, CNN).

If he was following Trump’s lead, then it would not be a wrong message but an intended one.  [Korea Times]

You can read more at the link.

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2 ID Doc
2 ID Doc
6 years ago

Perhaps Korea Times is butthurt that they weren’t invited?

setnaffa
setnaffa
6 years ago

Doc, you’re probably right.

And maybe they need to accept the new normal?

J6Junkie
J6Junkie
6 years ago

I hope the other leftie Commie rags were excluded too.

Flyingsword
Flyingsword
6 years ago

propaganda rags touting the glories of commie moon are news outlets.

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