[WaPo] I’m a photojournalist. Why is the administration banning me from border facilities?

It is unacceptable to keep journalists from these areas. Absolutely wrong from the Biden administration.

Business as usual from establishment politics.

 

Border is not gonna be good for awhile

 

It hasn't been the most transparent admin thus far. Still time though.

 

100% Agree. No Transparency.. No Democracy

 

A tweak in your meds may be in order.

Maybe there's a spell...

 

Before I start blaming Kamala Harris, I would first like to hear about more stories like this.

 

It’s not going to be very transparent at all on issues like this. Ever since 9/11 we have seen Presidential power grow by each administration and it isn’t going to end. Bush just blew the roof off, Obama promised transparency and he wasn’t, Trump was even worse and Biden will be as bad or worse. I expect less corruption under Biden but his administration is going to restrict the press and he is going to be extremely select in press conferences... and based on the last twenty years they know they will get away with it.

They don’t want anyone to see what is going on at the border. Virtually every other nation (including western nations) restricts the press on what it views in national emergency situations and this logic is what we are headed towards as well.

Trump ran on limiting immigration and a border wall, that encouraged the press to investigate and become interest in large part when the press hadn’t been for decades. The negative is that the world say things that otherwise were swept under the rug for decades. It is still a hot topic and a loser for Biden and he knows it. That will also be the case for the next Republican President.

I have even heard some sociologists say that the level of freedom in the press and the lack of a unified pride in the country hurts us because every misdeed here, ever opinion in America is broadcast to the world and it gives a distorted picture because other countries, even democracies suppress their struggles. So they believe the US has excessive struggles or problems when the reality is that the USA is just open about her problems.

So I am not at all optimistic that the Executive powers and decisions to limit access will be curtailed any time soon. There are consequences for the Patriot Act or using drones to bomb countries without limitation, or having a President that believed the Attorney General represented him and not the constitution.

In many ways the Biden Presidency is a continuation of the Obama doctrine and we will see them implement changes based on the mistakes they made under Obama and learned from - and one of those is limiting exposure for the press.

On these boards prior to the election I said we will not see Biden very often taking questions or giving formal official press conferences and it isn’t for the reasons Republicans cite... it isn’t because he is old or stutters or is forgetful - it is because there is ZERO upside to it and they (staff) would do the same regardless of it being Biden or Obama.

 

I'd like to at least start with 1 more, verified.

Also, I am shocked that Joe Biden hasn't totally fixed within 100 days a bipartisan immigration conundrum that has existed for at least 40 years.

 

They aren’t dumb and realize the media won’t fully contextualize the fact that Biden can’t overnight change everything about our broken immigration situation. The fact is there’s no resources available to properly process and they only have these detention centers. They also know that blaming the Trump admin will make them sound petty even if it’s true.

I personally think the border detention centers should still reflect Trump ... for a while... but we need to see very soon distinct change in the way we process people humanely and professionally. The “MSM” is no friend to Democrats and will sensationalize, but some should be allowed to cover the situation. I think Jacob Soboroff has earned that right or another serious journalist who won’t just sensationalize image but will cover with nuance and facts.