Which Media Outlets Are Attending Or Not Attending Holder Meeting?

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The Huffington Post:

Michael Calderone

Senior Media Reporter, The Huffington Post

Which Media Outlets Are Attending Or Not Attending Holder Meeting?

Posted: 05/30/2013 11:01 am

 

Media executives and editors are divided over whether to attend an off-the-record meeting this week with Attorney General Eric Holder to discuss guidelines for dealing with journalists in leak investigations, an issue that's gotten a lot of attention amid controversies involving the AP and Fox News.

 

Here's how it looks so far if the meeting remains off-the-record:

 

Not going: New York Times, AP, Huffington Post, McClatchy, CNN, CBS News, Fox News and Reuters.

 

Going: The Washington Post, Politico, and ABC News.

 

Undecided: NBC News.

And here's how media outlets have explained the decision to attend or not attend:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-calderone/whos-attending-holders-off-the-record-meeting_b_3359562.html

 

[Pepper]

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it is outrageous particularly now given the spying by Holder to hold an off the record meeting. Anyone attending is a suck up, toady, sycophant, bootlicker and so on

[Valin]

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He is prosecuting reporters for using off the record stuff and now he wants to tell them some off the record stuff

[Valin]

He is prosecuting reporters for using off the record stuff and now he wants to tell them some off the record stuff

Aren't you assuming he will say anything worth reporting?

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News Execs, Holder Discuss Subpoena Issue News Execs, Holder Discuss Subpoena Issue

By Pete Yost - May 31, 2013

WASHINGTON (AP) -- In a meeting with Attorney General Eric Holder, executives from several news organizations said government officials expressed a commitment to changing guidelines on issuing subpoenas in criminal investigations involving reporters.

The news executives made the comments Thursday after meeting with Holder and some of his aides.

The discussion took place following an outcry from news organizations over the Justice Department's secret gathering of some Associated Press reporters' phone records and some emails of a Fox News journalist.

Last week, President Barack Obama ordered a review of the Justice Department guidelines.

One of the news media participants, Marty Baron, executive editor of the Washington Post, said the news executives told the department officials that reporters were concerned about using their email and concerned about using their office telephones. snip

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/05/31/news_execs_holder_discuss_subpoena_issue_118628.html

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7 Reasons Why the Media Shouldn't Keep Eric Holder's Secrets

What "off the record" means and why it matters to you.

By Ron Fournier

Updated: May 30, 2013 | 11:43 a.m.
May 30, 2013 | 9:19 a.m.

 

The dustup over whether journalists should meet privately with Attorney General Eric Holder is a forest-for-the-trees flap.

 

That brings us to the Holder-media issue. While being the ultimate inside-baseball story, it does highlight the Obama administration's ignorance of the media's role in Washington as well as the malpractice that permeates its communications operation.

 

How the administration handles a micro issue like this may have a negative impact on the existential struggle. A forest, after all, is a gathering of trees.

 

The basic facts:

The media's fundamental job is to shine a light in the darkest corners of government. If we stand for anything, it's transparency and accountability. Meeting secretly with Holder borders on hypocrisy.

 

http://www.nationaljournal.com/politics/7-reasons-why-the-media-shouldn-t-keep-eric-holder-s-secrets-20130530

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Washington Post: The Justice Department has allowed us to say AG Holder supports press freedom

Sean Higgins Senior Editorial Writer

May 31, 2013 | 11:00 am | Modified: May 31, 2013 at 11:20 am

As The Washington Examiner‘s own Susan Ferrechio reports Friday most news organizations boycotted on principle Attorney General Eric Holder’s offer to join a press conference Thursday in which he discussed the Obama’s White House various efforts to monitor, intimidate and harass journalists. Holder’s condition was that the meeting be “off the record,” meaning none of the reporters would be allowed to report what was said at the meeting.

 

Among those who did attend was the Washington Post. Today’s Post has an account of the meeting — sort of. That is, they have a story about what the Justice Department allowed them to say about its efforts to protect press freedom. The result is just beyond parody (All emphasis is added): http://washingtonexaminer.com/washington-post-the-justice-department-has-allowed-us-to-say-ag-holder-supports-press-freedom/article/2530898

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I think Holder would have had a better turnout if he had mentioned "Open Bar" on the invite.

[Valin]

Washington Post: The Justice Department has allowed us to say AG Holder supports press freedom

Well I'm glad we got that cleared up!

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Washington Post: The Justice Department has allowed us to say AG Holder supports press freedom

Well I'm glad we got that cleared up!

 

"Best quote I have ever heard" thank you for ur wisdom

[Valin]

 

 

Washington Post: The Justice Department has allowed us to say AG Holder supports press freedom

Well I'm glad we got that cleared up!

 

"Best quote I have ever heard" thank you for ur wisdom

 

Well I was concerned that they didn't. Now we know (and who could possibly doubt his truthfulness on this), and can move on to more fruitful areas of debate and investigation. Like why are Conservatives so hateful? Why is Sarah Palin so stupid? Is Dick Cheney really a shape shifting alien lizard bent on global domination?

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Washington Post: The Justice Department has allowed us to say AG Holder supports press freedom

Well I'm glad we got that cleared up!

 

"Best quote I have ever heard" thank you for ur wisdom

 

Well I was concerned that they didn't. Now we know (and who could possibly doubt his truthfulness on this), and can move on to more fruitful areas of debate and investigation. Like why are Conservatives so hateful? Why is Sarah Palin so stupid? Is Dick Cheney really a shape shifting alien lizard bent on global domination?

 

Halliburton thats all u need to know