KELLY: And to this question of whether the White House press corps should stand with CNN, should boycott future briefings, what do you think?
KNOX: CNN has not asked other outlets to do that. You know, in this kind of situation, I'll take a lot of my cues from what the network itself is doing in response. Right now I'm making a public and private case to the administration to reconsider this decision. But we'll see what CNN decides to do.
KELLY: So at the moment it's business as usual, reporters who are with hard passes coming and going from the White House, filing from there as they would on any other day.
KNOX: With the exception of frenetic email traffic about what happened yesterday, yes.
KELLY: Your email box is overflowing?
KNOX: It is overflowing.
KELLY: I was going to ask. Are - you must also be hearing from people who are siding with the White House position on this, saying his questioning was crossing a line into being obnoxious, and they have a right to revoke a hard pass if they want to.
KNOX: I am of course hearing from those people. I will simply say, though, that it's a pretty basic principle that a president does not get to decide who covers them. And one of the things that I've heard from many colleagues nationally and internationally is essentially if they can do this today to Jim, they can do it tomorrow to somebody else.
Note EU-Digest: There should not even be a question about boycotting the White House Press Conferences, since most of the stuff coming out of Mr.Trumps mouth is just hot air anyway. The answer to the question should be ABSOLUTELY. Unfortunately the media is not really independent anymore as they are all controlled by large corporations and it has all got to do with hype and profits.
Read more: Should Reporters Boycott White House Press Briefings After CNN Press Badge Revoked? : NPR
KNOX: CNN has not asked other outlets to do that. You know, in this kind of situation, I'll take a lot of my cues from what the network itself is doing in response. Right now I'm making a public and private case to the administration to reconsider this decision. But we'll see what CNN decides to do.
KELLY: So at the moment it's business as usual, reporters who are with hard passes coming and going from the White House, filing from there as they would on any other day.
KNOX: With the exception of frenetic email traffic about what happened yesterday, yes.
KELLY: Your email box is overflowing?
KNOX: It is overflowing.
KELLY: I was going to ask. Are - you must also be hearing from people who are siding with the White House position on this, saying his questioning was crossing a line into being obnoxious, and they have a right to revoke a hard pass if they want to.
KNOX: I am of course hearing from those people. I will simply say, though, that it's a pretty basic principle that a president does not get to decide who covers them. And one of the things that I've heard from many colleagues nationally and internationally is essentially if they can do this today to Jim, they can do it tomorrow to somebody else.
Note EU-Digest: There should not even be a question about boycotting the White House Press Conferences, since most of the stuff coming out of Mr.Trumps mouth is just hot air anyway. The answer to the question should be ABSOLUTELY. Unfortunately the media is not really independent anymore as they are all controlled by large corporations and it has all got to do with hype and profits.
Read more: Should Reporters Boycott White House Press Briefings After CNN Press Badge Revoked? : NPR
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