Seething U.S. Journalists Angered About Taking Commercial Flights To Cover Secretary Tillerson in Asia…

[mystery-ak]

Seething U.S. Journalists Angered About Taking Commercial Flights To Cover Secretary Tillerson in Asia…
Posted on March 15, 2017   by sundance

A Reuters filing en route to Asia showcases the bitterness, anger and seething rage of U.S. journalists who have been forced to fly First-Class Commercial to cover Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s Asia trip.

State Department correspondents are used to the exclusive wide-body private charters of the U.S. federal government’s airline fleet.  Previous heads of the Department of State have flown aboard Air Force 3.  Normally a Boeing 757.  At the very worst Air Force 3 would be a C17 Globemaster.

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https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2017/03/15/seething-u-s-journalists-angered-about-taking-commercial-flights-to-cover-secretary-tillerson-in-asia/

[Hondo69]

Damned First-Class

No human being should be forced to fly First-Class against their will.  Says so right there in the Bill of Rights.

[txradioguy]

Given that this comes from the nutters at the TreeHosue I'm gonna take this report with a grain of salt.

[thackney]

Given that this comes from the nutters at the TreeHosue I'm gonna take this report with a grain of salt.

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-tillerson-asia-media-idUSKBN16M0C4?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=Social

...The State Department had previously told reporters covering Tillerson’s trip to South Korea, Japan, and China that he would not be taking reporters on his plane and that they would have to fly commercially, breaking with decades of precedent stretching back to Henry Kissinger.

Major news organizations complained, among them the BBC, CNN, New York Times, Washington Post and Reuters....

..."Last week, the State Department officially offered McPike an opportunity to cover the secretary's upcoming trip to Asia. An official explained that the delegation would be flying on a smaller plane than normal and that press access would be limited. After editorial consultation, McPike accepted the seat."

Thus far, McPike has not filed any "pool reports" that reporters traveling with a Secretary of State customarily file, to inform colleagues not with the secretary of statements or actions by the top U.S. Diplomat.....

[Right_in_Virginia]

The department had said that Tillerson would not take journalists with him as he was traveling on a small plane. However, it said accommodations would be made for those who travelled commercially. A number of Washington-based correspondents will meet up with Tillerson at his stops in Tokyo, Seoul and Beijing.

http://qctimes.com/news/national/govt-and-politics/tillerson-shuns-all-but-conservative-website-on-asia-tour/article_ec2fbace-763d-56ee-8c43-72ed5f6723b5.html

[txradioguy]

Ok @Right_in_Virginia 's post adds more clarity.

Tillerson wasn't taking a plane big enough to handle the press pool...they were told other accommodations would be made and this particular journalist didn't think it was good enough.

Tough sh*t for him...suck it up and fly your first class flight.