C-SPAN Barred From Covering RNC Candidate Meeting

We have news of some activity at today's meeting of the Republican National Committee at the Capitol Hill Club, part of a continuing effort to determine who will be the next RNC chair. For reasons unknown at this time, a decision was made to impose a media blackout. A brief press release from John Cardarelli of C-SPAN, who were covering the event, gives word:

FYI: RNC voted to close today's discussion with the candidates vying to be their new chairman. No cameras allowed, so C-SPAN will not be able to cover.

According to a source from C-SPAN, word came in at approximately 11:10 A.M. that the cable network would be restricted from covering the meeting. With Congress in session, the move by the RNC did not result in any programming being cut off. It merely means that C-SPAN will not be able to air their coverage of the session later today, as planned.

Today's activity is described thusly by PRNewswire/USNewswire:

The Republican National Committee (RNC) today announced that a RNC Special Meeting will take place on Wednesday, January 7, 2009. All potential candidates for RNC Chairman, Co-Chair, Secretary, and Treasurer have been invited to participate in a candidate forum, which will take place at the Capitol Hill Club in Washington, DC. During the meeting, candidates for each office will have an opportunity to deliver remarks and answer questions from Members of the RNC.

Comments

[jeffrey678]

Probably planning new strategies to damage the country!

[jazzycafe]

So now it's the RNC Special "Secret" Meeting. I am picturing them with Moose Lodge hats on now, taking secret, creepy pledges.

[realpolitic]

If CNN cameras are around, Republicans can not use the n- word!

[senorlou]

Why? I love watching grown Republicans cry.

[johnfoirdfw]

Why do Republicans hate America?

[lovable]

they prevented cspan because if cspan were there they could not use their favorite word n word with regularity. also for the psot TRUTH4ONCE coulter blames every thing wrong on liberals. everyone is part of problems not just liberals.

[lagumbo]

Good now I don't have to watch the racist, Jim Crow, KKK, skinhead mentality jerks. They should ban all media outlets for ever. How nice that would be.

[truth4once]

why are all you lefties so hateful and childish? Ann Coulter is a bit caustic but she tells the truth. Most people in prison ARE from broken homes. The unwed fathers are probably another 15%.
You clowns are awfully intolerant with your tolerance,.

[k6007]

Like: "All the presidential as sa ss ins have been libruls...."
She's a li@r, and a disgrace, the sooner she vanishes into the dustbin of ridiculousness the better off everyone will be.

[MajorKong]

Tell you what. Head over to Freerepublic and pretend to be a liberal. Let me know how many posts it takes until you get banned. Then come back and tell me who's intolerant.

[Incumbent]

First rule of the Republican National Committee: you do not talk about the Republican National Committee.

[rich misty]

When you are planning the destruction of your country, you don't want the discussions documented.

[b1rd67]

Oh, but we all know that C-SPAN is a biased, bastion of the liberal media and gotcha journalism... hahahahahahaha

[Havnagudtim]

This is SOP for the GOP, and IMHO it's because they have serious rifts within the party, and they are going to have to do a lot of strong-arm work to whip the faithful back into shape. The old die-hard core of whiteness is rightness must be re-programmed into those trying to stray from the herd. So much for the GOP'S declared desire for bipartisanship.

[serindipity803]

This works for me, I have found it completely impossible to watch these illiterate fools continually struggling to bring back slavery. It is so hard to watch people who cannot articulate - have no idea what is in the Constitution of the US -- and hammer away at abortion and magic Negros because that is as big and intellectual as their issues get. It is unreal trying to listen to them in a senate or house meeting.

[jeffrey678]

They need secrecy to choose a new theme song that doesn't sound to racist.

[Mnemanth]

Let's try this again, moderator:
The RNC/ GOP don't want the NEWS. They want the NEWS SHOW.
NEWS= facts
NEWS SHOW= Talking heads spewing what they're told.

[courageunderfire]

This is the absolute truth!