Good for CNN.
They’re not allowing themselves to be a cog in the Palin Propaganda Machine:
Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, who has not held a press conference in nearly four weeks of campaigning, on Tuesday banned reporters from her first meetings with world leaders, allowing access only to photographers and a television crew.
CNN, which was providing the television coverage for news organizations, decided to pull its TV crew, effectively denying Palin the high visibility she had sought. …
The campaign told the TV producer, print and wire reporters in the press pool that follows the Alaska governor that they would not be admitted with the photographers and camera crew taken in to photograph the meetings. At least two news organizations, including The Associated Press, objected and were told that the decision was not subject to discussion.
Via: the mothership.
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CNN is already in the tank for the Clintons and for the Obmamessiah!
Is that a joke?
[...] least a handful of outlets are kicking back, though. CNN, for example, refused to hand Palin a shiny photo op when journalists were barred from covering the event [...]
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