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US Army to keep media from covering Palin's Fort Bragg appearance
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Please read the story before name-calling.
Posted by
Christopher Yasiejko
11/22/2009 12:29:11 PM
Tom, you might have overlooked the paragraph in the story that included this: "Other members of the public would be permitted to attend the event...
Tom, you might have overlooked the paragraph in the story that included this: "Other members of the public would be permitted to attend the event."
Therefore, it being a public event, there is no legal way to stop anyone in attendance from writing about the event.
It's quite simple. Clearly, political speeches are not permitted on the base. That's fine. So if organizers have deemed Palin's appearance political, she should not be allowed to speak.
If she is allowed to speak, anyone can write about it.
This has nothing to do with newsworthiness, Tom. I think there's been a ridiculous saturation of the media with Palin's dopey adventures. But that's not the issue.
Please spare me your name-calling.
Political Rallies on Military Bases
Posted by
Tom Traubert
11/20/2009 1:10:30 AM
They don't allow them. Military bases are not "open to the public" but are controlled access, especially Army bases like Fort Bragg, "Home of the...
They don't allow them. Military bases are not "open to the public" but are controlled access, especially Army bases like Fort Bragg, "Home of the Airborne and Special Operations Forces!" And military installations should not be hosting political rallies of any flavor. That would be totally inappropriate.
Your petulant, infantile tantrum is silly and does nothing to garner respect for your troubled profession. Grow up, why don't you..
Hypocrisy.
Posted by
Christopher Yasiejko
11/19/2009 6:05:41 PM
Once again, the United States government has declared that journalists are somehow inferior to their fellow American citizens.
The Army's deci...
Once again, the United States government has declared that journalists are somehow inferior to their fellow American citizens.
The Army's decision to allow the public to attend Sarah Palin's speech but to bar journalists from doing the same is asinine. All we need do is attend without relying on the fanfare of credentials and WiFi and reserved seating and backstage access.
All we need do is attend, take notes, report and then tell the story.
This is not difficult. This requires common sense and the temporary surrender of ego.
Go to an event. Observe! Take notes! Gather the scene!
Report!
The Army ought to do one of two things: Allow full public access, or permit only soldiers and other military employees to attend.
Why is no one incensed about this attempt to block information from a publicly funded, open-to-the-public event? If it is open, we must report.
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