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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCREW sued and got it! Pompeo's speech at #FakeChristian, faith-based media briefing
https://www.citizensforethics.org/pompeo-faith-based-call-baffled-state-officials/CREW obtained records of Secretary of State Mike Pompeos March 18, 2019 faith-based media briefing, released in response to a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit. The records include a transcript of the call and reveal the exclusive list of media outlets that were allowed to participate. The call touched upon the topic of Islamic radicalism, yet it did not include any Islam-focused outlets.
The briefing was controversial because certain reporters were barred from the call and even disinvited after RSVPing, despite the fact that the purpose of the call was ostensibly to fill in reporters in advance of Secretary Pompeos diplomatic trip to the Middle East. It appears that even more reporters than originally known were excluded from the call after RSVP-ing. Several were told they were invited in error. Publications that were sent invitations but later excluded from the call include the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, CNN, NBC, AFP, Reuters, and Bloomberg.
At the time, State Department officials refused to answer questions about whether a range of religions were included. It appears that they were not, and that in fact, only journalists from Christian and Jewish outlets were allowed to participate. The records also confirm that a representative from the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) was set to participate in the call as late as the morning of March 18, but was apparently disinvited by 4:15 that afternoon, when the call took place.
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Even State Department officials appear to have been baffled by the exclusivity of the briefing, calling it strange, highly unusual and even saying Ill keep scratching my head. One staffer said that blowback from reporters and the public was the State Department Bureau of Public Affairss mess to handle.
The briefing was controversial because certain reporters were barred from the call and even disinvited after RSVPing, despite the fact that the purpose of the call was ostensibly to fill in reporters in advance of Secretary Pompeos diplomatic trip to the Middle East. It appears that even more reporters than originally known were excluded from the call after RSVP-ing. Several were told they were invited in error. Publications that were sent invitations but later excluded from the call include the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, CNN, NBC, AFP, Reuters, and Bloomberg.
At the time, State Department officials refused to answer questions about whether a range of religions were included. It appears that they were not, and that in fact, only journalists from Christian and Jewish outlets were allowed to participate. The records also confirm that a representative from the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) was set to participate in the call as late as the morning of March 18, but was apparently disinvited by 4:15 that afternoon, when the call took place.
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Even State Department officials appear to have been baffled by the exclusivity of the briefing, calling it strange, highly unusual and even saying Ill keep scratching my head. One staffer said that blowback from reporters and the public was the State Department Bureau of Public Affairss mess to handle.
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CREW sued and got it! Pompeo's speech at #FakeChristian, faith-based media briefing (Original Post)
Roland99
Jan 2020
OP
Christofascist selective populism...control the media until you can end them.
Thomas Hurt
Jan 2020
#2
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)1. Welcome to his Evangelical Presbyterian religion.
Had not heard of that group before, but there it is.
Lovely to know the fucker is not going to be running for Senate, apparently his plans were cancelled.
Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)2. Christofascist selective populism...control the media until you can end them.
EveHammond13
(2,855 posts)3. this is a dangerous fucking freak show
czarjak
(11,836 posts)4. Johnny-come-lately-Evangelicals never read the ground rules.