'Press passes can't be that hard to come by if the White House allows that old Arab Helen Thomas to sit within yards of the president'
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker criticizes press access standards by citing a specific journalist's proximity to the president.
- In plain terms
- Press passes seem easy to get if a specific journalist is allowed near the president.
- What can you take from it?
- Criticism of press access standards based on individual cases.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How is press access managed?
- Does access affect reporting?
Another view
Access rules are complex and not determined by single examples.
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