[url=https://thinkprogress.org/infowars-white-house-press-credentials-45ab045684cd]ThinkProgress[/url]
[url=https://www.infowars.com/its-official-infowars-receives-white-house-press-credentials/]InfoWars[/url]
[QUOTE]On Monday morning, Jerome Corsi, Washington bureau chief for Alex Jones’ right-wing Infowars conspiracy website, tweeted that he has White House press credentials.
[media]https://twitter.com/jerome_corsi/status/866665355950907394[/media]
Although a senior reporter for the Weekly Standard and others claimed that Corsi’s credentials are temporary, Infowars published a story on Monday claiming that in “an epic blow to the mainstream media’s control of the narrative, Infowars has officially received White House Press Credentials that will allow Washington Bureau Chief Jerome Corsi to attend White House press briefings.”
“Alex Jones may even attend some White House press briefings in person,” it adds. Earlier this month, Jones claimed on a broadcast that Infowars’ request for a regular White House press pass was “pending.” Corsi tweeted later Monday afternoon that Infowars is indeed on track to receive permanent credentials.
Corsi is one of America’s most prominent “birthers” — the racist conspiracy theory about Barack Obama’s birth certificate that brought Donald Trump to political prominence in 2011. That same year, Corsi wrote a book entitled, “Where’s the Birth Certificate? The Case That Barack Obama Is Not Eligible To Be President.” In 2004, Corsi co-authored a book baselessly smearing then-Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry for his military service, which included two Purple Hearts, a Silver Star Medal, and a Bronze Star.
In January, Corsi announced that he was leaving another fringe website — WorldNetDaily — for Infowars, a site that relentlessly spread the conspiracy theory that the 2012 school shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, was a hoax. Trump reportedly consulted with Corsi when pushing the notion that Obama’s birth certificate was fake.
In recent days, Corsi — like Sean Hannity and Newt Gingrich — has been pushing the conspiracy theory that a former DNC staffer was murdered because he was responsible for sending DNC emails to WikiLeaks.
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Lovely conspiracy theorists getting the ability to shit up press conferences.
on the bright side this should make press conferences very entertaining
All the more justification for the White House to press to eliminate press conferences and just release written responses, as Trump semi-threatened to do, recently.
Shutting out the media just means the leaks will intensify, and Trump's administration seems to think they're too smart for that.
As a note: the only reason these sources are currently being allowed is because the primary subject (Infowars) has confirmed the news by writing its own article on it, and because a series of tweets is cited. Under no other circumstances will sources such as Infowars or ThinkProgress be allowed here, and even then they must be confirmed with a moderator.
this is the darkest timeline
[url]http://thehill.com/homenews/media/334583-questions-surround-infowars-claim-of-white-house-press-credentials[/url]
the hill is already refuting it, they claim infowars has a temporary one which they have gotten in the past and is not nearly the same as a full press pass
[QUOTE=Sableye;52262465][url]http://thehill.com/homenews/media/334583-questions-surround-infowars-claim-of-white-house-press-credentials[/url]
the hill is already refuting it, they claim infowars has a temporary one which they have gotten in the past and is not nearly the same as a full press pass[/QUOTE]
This Hill is not a reputable source either, unfortunately. It is curious how not a single reputable source seems to be weighing in on this at all right now, despite Infowars' insistence that the "Mainsteam Media is going CRAZY!" :v:
Perhaps this will help to ever-so-slightly normalize their content.
[QUOTE=Chonch;52262513]Perhaps this will help to ever-so-slightly normalize their content.[/QUOTE]
About as likely as Holy Angels physically materializing on Earth and ascending Trump to Heaven on Live television.
[QUOTE=Chonch;52262513]Perhaps this will help to ever-so-slightly normalize their content.[/QUOTE]
Fuck that. If they don't take this opportunity to ask about Denver International Airport then they will lose all of my non-existent respect.
I just want to know if Alex Jones will ask the hard questions.
Like what is the government putting in the water to make the frogs gay.
[QUOTE=Tudd;52262531]I just want to know if Alex Jones will ask the hard questions.
Like what is the government putting in the water to make the frogs gay.[/QUOTE]
To be fair, there is probably a grain of sand of misrepresented truth in there.
[URL]http://news.berkeley.edu/2010/03/01/frogs/[/URL]
Except it's turning the frogs trans.
is alex jones even at infowars anymore after what happened with his children?
[QUOTE=Thlis;52262548]To be fair, there is probably a grain of sand of misrepresented truth in there.
[URL]http://news.berkeley.edu/2010/03/01/frogs/[/URL]
Except it's turning the frogs trans.[/QUOTE]
Alex Jones probably got the idea after watching Jurassic Park one too many times.
Good to see Trump cracking down on fake news.
Imagine Alex Jones as the White House press secretary,
that would be entertaining.
Hi this is Alex jones and I pretended to uncover conspiracies. Month later, here's your white house press badge.
[QUOTE=Ithon;52262739]Hi this is Alex jones and I pretended to uncover conspiracies. Month later, here's your white house press badge.[/QUOTE]
Most importantly, he's never stopped lavishing praise on Trump.
I hate InfoWars. Dumb move IMHO. All tinfoil hat bullshit. If I wanted that, I'd talk to the goofball down the ally on my street.
[QUOTE=Tudd;52262531]I just want to know if Alex Jones will ask the hard questions.
Like what is the government putting in the water to make the frogs gay.[/QUOTE]
Finally, something we can agree on.
[QUOTE=elixwhitetail;52262416]All the more justification for the White House to press to eliminate press conferences and just release written responses, as Trump semi-threatened to do, recently.
Shutting out the media just means the leaks will intensify, and Trump's administration seems to think they're too smart for that.[/QUOTE]
This is a real bad idea. I've got friends who are in the WH Press Corps. There's a whole industry there, a transition to press releases would put a lot of people out of work.
when my coworkers at my job last year talked about infowars articles unironically i knew i didn't want to work there anymore
Supposedly this type of pass is also often given out to students.
[QUOTE=shadow_oap;52263397]Supposedly this type of pass is also often given out to students.[/QUOTE]
Press passes in general aren't difficult to get. In most cases, all you have to do is apply. If you work for a "legitimate (read: corporate)" media organization, you're basically guaranteed to get one. Self-run blogs generally have a harder time, but even they're not entirely off the table.
[QUOTE=Medevila;52268611]what problem do you guys have with The Hill?[/QUOTE]
centre-left bias with mixed factual reporting on media bias fact check
you can only post centre-left or centre-right sources if they are reliable
so we can post washington post because it's centre-left but with high factual reporting, but you couldn't post something like Huffpo because it's left
note that I think this rule is actually the best thing that has happened to SH/Polidicks in the history of FP
i'll happily take people not being able to use huffpo when it means breitbart fox news posters get nuked
I want to see Alex Jones rip his shirt off in the white house and yell about dues ex some more
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