Better Bow Down To The Times, Joe

Created
Fri, 26/04/2024 - 09:30
Updated
Fri, 26/04/2024 - 09:30
It’s all about them, remember? During every presidential campaign the media starts kvetching that the Democrat isn’t giving them enough attention. (They don’t do it as much with Republicans because of the “play the refs” tactic.) Remember this from 2015? It was the big story on Beltway Twitter over the weekend: The Hillary Rodham Clinton campaign, at a Fourth of July parade in New Hampshire, kept reporters behind a moving rope line so as not to get too close to their candidate. The images were striking and quickly earned snide comments from reporters who have long been frustrated with their access to Clinton’s campaign, as well as from others who saw the effort as heavy-handed. And it’s not hard to see why people are frustrated. We would hardly be the first to suggest that it looks like the media are being herded like cattle or sheep. Clinton spokeswoman Jennifer Palmieri took to “Morning Joe” on Monday and gamely tried to defend the tactic, with limited success. “We try and allow the press as much access as possible, but my view is it can’t get in the way of her being able to campaign,” Palmieri said as the hosts laughed. See for yourself here: And it’s an important story: Is a candidate for the highest office in the world allowing the press sufficient access as she seeks that office? Will the press be allowed to actually do its job and provide the kind of scrutiny and coverage that this process requires? […] To…