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The Environmental Protection Agency blocked reporters from several news outlets from a national summit on Tuesday where Scott Pruitt, the agency's chief, was speaking.
Journalists from CNN, the Associated Press and E&E News, a publication that covers energy and environment issues, were barred by the EPA from entering the event, which was focused on harmful chemicals in water. A handful of other reporters from other news organizations, however, were allowed inside the event for Pruitt's opening remarks after having been previously invited by the agency the day before.
In a statement, Jahan Wilcox, an EPA spokesman, said the agency barred reporters from attending due to space limitations inside the venue. He said the EPA was able to accommodate only 10 reporters and that it provided a livestream "for those we could not accommodate."
A report published by The Hill, however, said a handful of seats in the press section remained vacant by the time Pruitt began speaking. Another reporter told Politico there were dozens of empty seats in the room, and a photo obtained by CNN also showed space for cameras.
Additionally, the Associated Press said in a story that one of its reporters, denied entry, was grabbed by security guards and forcibly shoved out of the building after asking to speak to an EPA public affairs person. A CNN photographer saw the female journalist being shoved out of the building by a uniformed guard, and the Associated Press journalist recounted the incident to CNN immediately after it took place.
This was the hearing at which questions were going to be asked why Pruitt was barring publication of a report showing levels of toxic chemicals in drinking water at sites around the country were six times more dangerous at the levels previously indicated. These sites are mainly in places which voted for the con artist and as at least one political appointee in the EPA said, "The impact to EPA and [the Defense Department] is going to be extremely painful. We (DoD and EPA) cannot seem to get ATSDR to realize the potential public relations nightmare this is going to be.”
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/05/14/emails-white-house-interfered-with-science-study-536950
For the record, had this happened during the Obama administration one can be assured the Fox tabloid would be all over this claiming a Constitutional violation. Needless to say, they are silent on this matter since they are not a real news organization.
http://money.cnn.com/2018/05/22/media/epa-cnn-associated-press-blocked/index.html
Journalists from CNN, the Associated Press and E&E News, a publication that covers energy and environment issues, were barred by the EPA from entering the event, which was focused on harmful chemicals in water. A handful of other reporters from other news organizations, however, were allowed inside the event for Pruitt's opening remarks after having been previously invited by the agency the day before.
In a statement, Jahan Wilcox, an EPA spokesman, said the agency barred reporters from attending due to space limitations inside the venue. He said the EPA was able to accommodate only 10 reporters and that it provided a livestream "for those we could not accommodate."
A report published by The Hill, however, said a handful of seats in the press section remained vacant by the time Pruitt began speaking. Another reporter told Politico there were dozens of empty seats in the room, and a photo obtained by CNN also showed space for cameras.
Additionally, the Associated Press said in a story that one of its reporters, denied entry, was grabbed by security guards and forcibly shoved out of the building after asking to speak to an EPA public affairs person. A CNN photographer saw the female journalist being shoved out of the building by a uniformed guard, and the Associated Press journalist recounted the incident to CNN immediately after it took place.
This was the hearing at which questions were going to be asked why Pruitt was barring publication of a report showing levels of toxic chemicals in drinking water at sites around the country were six times more dangerous at the levels previously indicated. These sites are mainly in places which voted for the con artist and as at least one political appointee in the EPA said, "The impact to EPA and [the Defense Department] is going to be extremely painful. We (DoD and EPA) cannot seem to get ATSDR to realize the potential public relations nightmare this is going to be.”
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/05/14/emails-white-house-interfered-with-science-study-536950
For the record, had this happened during the Obama administration one can be assured the Fox tabloid would be all over this claiming a Constitutional violation. Needless to say, they are silent on this matter since they are not a real news organization.
http://money.cnn.com/2018/05/22/media/epa-cnn-associated-press-blocked/index.html