Washington Post covering bias in journalism? It must really be bad…
Via Washington Post:
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (AJC) is riding a compelling Hillary Rodham Clinton story. It’s not so much about her quite-possible presidential run.
Nor is it about the Clinton family’s foundation. Nor Benghazi. It’s about how Clinton is attempting the impossible: Turning a speech into something approaching an off-the-record occasion.
This morning, the former secretary of state was in Atlanta for a speaking engagement before the National Association of Convenience and Fuel Retailing (NACS). As the AJC reported yesterday, members of the media were barred from the session.
Today it reported that a “cone of silence” had descended on her remarks. “Convention officials banned all video and sound recording, social media, and naturally, journalists,” wrote the AJC’s Greg Bluestein and Jim Galloway.
What happens when a public figure tries to suppress a speech? Does no one find out about what happened? No, of course not. Rather, the speech’s contours get communicated to the public in dribs and drabs, with no documentary guarantee of their accuracy. Have a look at the source that Bluestein and Galloway relied upon to tell readers about the affair