White House & Press At Odds Over Plan To Charge Reporters For COVID Testing

[Roadvirus]

Reporters who cover the White House may soon be paying what amounts to an admission fee to do their jobs.

Starting Monday, the White House’s press office said it will start charging journalists for coronavirus tests, which are required for anyone entering the White House grounds.

The proposed cost for each test: $170.

With dozens of journalists at the White House each day, the fees could add up to tens of thousands of dollars flowing from newsrooms, many of them small and cash-strapped, into government coffers.

White House and press are at odds over plan to charge reporters for coronavirus testing - The Washington Post

This ought to be interesting.

 

[Lisa]

This ought to be interesting.

The government needs to eat this cost. They cannot charge reporters for access to do their job or the White House press conferences go to Zoom.

 

[Mycroft]

I guess this show us all just how much the Biden administration cares about the media.

 

[Chomsky]

This ought to be interesting.

God, talk about tone-deaf & bad optics.

Biden better over-rule this, quick.

 

[Chomsky]

I guess this show us all just how much the Biden administration cares about the media.

I've got to admit, someone was tone-deaf here!

 

[Metric Mouse]

Oh Joe, you sure know how to encourage free press and news coverage of your administration.

 

[Roadvirus]

God, talk about tone-deaf & bad optics.

Biden better over-rule this, quick.

With a major emphasis on "bad optics".

Forcing a fee on the press so they can have access to the White House? Yepperdoodledoo. That looks VERY bad.