Blackout: Police chase reporters away from covering protest outside White House
posted at 4:50 pm on April 20, 2010 by Allahpundit
Via
Ben Smith, who’s told by his reporter pals covering the WH beat that this is “extremely unusual” police behavior. Maybe the protest got out of hand and the cops shooed the media away for their own safety? Doesn’t sound like it: Apparently, the “protest” was nothing more than six servicemen
handcuffing themselves to the fence to object to “don’t ask, don’t tell.” I don’t know D.C. well enough to tell if these are city cops or some type of federal security service that might conceivably coordinate with the White House. Any readers know? We certainly don’t want to accuse a president who’s peeved
at gay-rights protesters and who’s known for
excluding the media from
traditional press opportunities of quashing unfavorable coverage without good reason.
Exit question: On a scale of one to 10, where would this rate on the Crushing-of-Dissent-o-meter if it had happened under Bush? (Exit answer: Eight!)
http://hotair.com/archives/2010/04/2...e-white-house/