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Old 02-26-17, 09:21 AM   #2099
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Originally Posted by u crank View Post
I think it goes without saying that every politician wants this to some degree.

And this conflict between the President and media types that he doesn't like is nothing new.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/23/us...ics/23fox.html

From Michael Clemente, senior vice president for news and editorial programming at Fox..



Sound familiar?
Absolutely, the role of government does tend to be to create more government. As the old saying goes 'The bureaucracy is expanding to meet the needs of the expanding bureaucracy'.
But, it's been a long time since the White House has actively shunned select media from White House briefing or gaggle though, hasn't it? I mean, even the chief political anchor at Fox thought this was a step too far:

https://twitter.com/BretBaier/status/835206562549493760
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