Bizarre statements coming from media ahead of historic presidential debate.
According to NY Post columnist Paul Sperry, members of the White House press corps petitioned CNN in hopes of gaining access to Thursday night’s presidential debate.
Sperry noted in an X post Thursday the press corps is currently being forced to monitor the debate from a building across the street from the actual venue.
He claimed the press wants to be in the building to provide coverage because “they believe the may be a ‘medical emergency’ involving one of the prez candidates requiring on-scene coverage.”
BREAKING: White House press corps has petitioned CNN to open up the debate studio to reporters, who for now have to watch a feed from a building across the street, b/c they believe there may be a “medical emergency” involving one of the prez candidates requiring on-scene coverage
— Paul Sperry (@paulsperry_) June 27, 2024
Responding to the alarming statement, Lt. General Mike Flynn wrote, “Wait…what??? Seriously!?”
Wait…what??? Seriously!?
— General Mike Flynn (@GenFlynn) June 27, 2024
Bloomberg also covered the White House reporters’ request, explaining, “The White House Correspondents’ Association wrote to CNN on Tuesday requesting that the network allow their representatives to sit in the studio during the debate, a request the network denied, according to a person familiar with the letter and response. CNN cited security and space concerns.”
It’s not clear what “security concerns” CNN might have with White House correspondents being physically present during the debate, and the notion is even more alarming after concerns about a candidate suffering a “medical emergency” have been voiced.
The Bloomberg article says other news networks are worried “something could happen in the debate room that only CNN journalists would witness.”
For example, “a medical emergency involving one of the candidates,” could take place.
Why would the media be expecting something like this to happen?
