CNN Reporter Whines Because She Was Kicked Out Of Rose Garden Event

CNN has been FREAKING OUT over the Trump administration’s move against a CNN reporter.

You see, there was a last-minute press event in the Rose Garden on Wednesday. The press was invited and set up camp, but one reporter, CNN’s Kaitlan Collins, was pulled aside and disinvited.

I feel compelled to point out that I interned with her in DC. We weren’t friends. We exchanged pleasantries, and that’s about it. Back then, she mostly compiled slideshows about chicks with huge racks. #HumbleBeginnings, amirite? Intern life.

Apparently, Collins was disinvited due to the way she handled herself during a previous event. She pulled a Jim Acosta and shouted questions, even though the event was over.

Apparently she shouted, “Did Michael Cohen betray you, Mr. President” and “Mr. President, did Michael Cohen betray you? Mr. President, are you worried about what Michael Cohen is going to say to prosecutors?” and “Why has Vladimir Putin not accepted your invitation?” and “Why has Vladimir Putin not accepted your invitation, Mr. President?” and “Are you worried about what is on the other tapes, Mr. President?”

She was offended by the WH’s decision. She was all, “You’re banning me from an event because you didn’t like the questions I asked.”

Sarah Sanders and Bill Shine said, “…we’re not banning your network. Your photographers can still come. Your producers can still come. But you are not invited to the Rose Garden today.”

“At the conclusion of a press event in the Oval Office a reporter shouted questions and refused to leave despite repeatedly being asked to do so,” Sarah Sanders stated. “Subsequently, our staff informed her she was not welcome to participate in the next event, but made clear that any other journalist from her network could attend. She said it didn’t matter to her because she hadn’t planned to be there anyway. To be clear, we support a free press and ask that everyone be respectful of the presidency and guests at the White House.”

CNN is sticking up for Collins.

“Today, CNN White House correspondent Kaitlan Collins was denied access to cover an open press event at The White House. After posing questions to President Trump earlier in the day as the network pool reporter, Collins was told by White House deputy chief of staff for communications Bill Shine and press secretary Sarah Sanders that her questions were ‘inappropriate.’ They were not. Just because the White House is uncomfortable with a question regarding the news of day doesn’t mean the question isn’t relevant and shouldn’t be asked.”

But was it the questions, or the fact that she continued shouting and wouldn’t leave, even after the event ended? That is the question.

The end of CNN’s statement really annoyed me.

“This decision to bar a member of the press is retaliatory in nature and not indicative of an open and free press. We demand better.”

Are you kidding me? The event was PACKED with members of the press. Heck, they didn’t even ban CNN. They disinvited a particularly annoying reporter for ONE event. Big difference.

For the record, Fox News “stands” with CNN.

“We stand in strong solidarity with CNN for the right to full access for our journalists as part of a free and unfettered press,” Fox News President Jay Wallace said.

“As a member of the White House press pool, Fox stands firmly with CNN on this issue of access,” Fox News chief political anchor Bret Baier said on “Special Report” on Wednesday night.

The move to keep Collins away from the event was met with condemnation by the White House Correspondents Association (WHCA).

“We strongly condemn the White House’s misguided and inappropriate decision today to bar one of our members from an open press event after she asked questions they did not like,” WHCA President Olivier Knox said in a statement.

“This type of retaliation is wholly inappropriate, wrong-headed, and weak. It cannot stand. Reporters asking questions of powerful government officials, up to and including the president, helps hold those people accountable. In our republic, the WHCA supports the prerogative of all reporters to do their jobs without fear of reprisal from the government.”

Oh please. Again. They didn’t ban the press. They didn’t ban CNN. They disinvited ONE reporter for ONE event.

If you can’t conduct yourself in a respectful and professional manner, accept the consequences. That’s all I have to say about that.