Political reporter sues Chief Clerk of the Iowa House over refusal to grant press credentials

[lucas80]

Not shocking. The Clerk has been refusing to allow Laura Belin of Bleeding Heartland, and of KHOI, access to legislative sessions.
I'll bet the Farm Bureau media team has access. Belin has been told she is not traditional media, and does not qualify.
https://www.kcrg.com/2024/01/19/pol...ouse-over-denying-press-credentials/?tbref=hp

 

[binsfeldcyhawk2]

Rules

 

[St. Louis Hawk]

The cons are all in favor of the First Amendment except when they aren’t.

 

[FlickShagwell]

The cons are all in favor of the First Amendment except when they aren’t.

Not when it’s the lügenpresse.

 

[Moral]

Bunch of hosers.

 

[St. Louis Hawk]

Not when it’s the lügenpresse.

Next bill is to annex Rock Island and Omaha because Iowa needs lebensraum.

 

[lucas80]

Authoritarianism 101 on display.

 

[millah_22]

Rules

Did she caucus for Desantis or is she the one suing?

 

[millah_22]

Next bill is to annex Rock Island and Omaha because Iowa needs lebensraum.

Omaha looks down on western iowa more than eastern iowans look down on western iowa.

 

[binsfeldcyhawk2]

Did she caucus for Biden or is she the one suing?

Laura Belin…she’s suing

 

[binsfeldcyhawk2]

This will be great for her substack subscriptions

 

[Jan Itor]

Not shocking. The Clerk has been refusing to allow Laura Belin of Bleeding Heartland, and of KHOI, access to legislative sessions.
I'll bet the Farm Bureau media team has access. Belin has been told she is not traditional media, and does not qualify.
https://www.kcrg.com/2024/01/19/pol...ouse-over-denying-press-credentials/?tbref=hp

 

[Jimmy McGill]

The Iowa legislature is beyond out of control

 

[Chillyhoff]

The Iowa legislature is beyond out of control

And you are beyond idiotic

 

[Jimmy McGill]

And you are beyond idiotic

Thanks. Means so much.

 

[joelbc1]

The cons are all in favor of the First Amendment except when they aren’t.

Probably decided at Kim’s last executive committee meeting..

 

[lucas80]

Always worth mentioning that Kimmie has given exactly one interview to a non Fox controlled media enterprise since being re-elected.

 

[NorthernHawkeye]

Always worth mentioning that Kimmie has given exactly one interview to a non Fox controlled media enterprise since being re-elected.

Better luck next time, lucas.

 

[Next_In_Line]

Sometimes people can’t handle being challenged. Thanks for sharing this.

 

[lucas80]

Better luck next time, lucas.

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One open interview to IPTV. She's been in hiding. The middle one is a Sinclair station, correct? KCCI is owned by conservative ownership, right? They were putting the ball up on a tee for her in those "interviews".
It would be nice if you at least tried.
Kind of like you. Are you better off financially since Biden was elected? Are you struggling to make ends meet?

 

[joelbc1]

Kim has no need to be forthcoming with Iowa voters. She has huge popularity with them. Elections are over 2 yrs away for her, and by that time she will be a US Senator (self-appointed).

 

[NorthernHawkeye]

One open interview to IPTV. She's been in hiding. The middle one is a Sinclair station, correct? KCCI is owned by conservative ownership, right? They were putting the ball up on a tee for her in those "interviews".
It would be nice if you at least tried.
Kind of like you. Are you better off financially since Biden was elected? Are you struggling to make ends meet?

 

[lucas80]

@NorthernHawkeye tried and failed. The lawsuit is about press freedoms being trampled. Something everyone should be concerned about. In the place of a strong press we get corporate media intertwined with a political silo. He tried and failed by looking for Kimmie being interviewed, and proved my point. She is in hiding. I am sure Ms. Belin would be delighted to give Kimmie an hour, but Kimmie would never go outside of the safe space that Northern lives in. She, and the rest of the Iowa GOP, are very comfortable inside an information space that they control. Dead kids in schools, poor air and water quality. Lax regulation of nursing homes. Declining educational scores. Decreased economic opportunity and a resulting brain drain.
No wonder the House and Kimmie hide from the media.

 

[NorthernHawkeye]

@lucas80 is mad that his claim in post 17 was easily debunked.

Better luck next time.

 

[mthawkeyes]

Dead kids in schools, poor air and water quality. Lax regulation of nursing homes. Declining educational scores. Decreased economic opportunity and a resulting brain drain.
No wonder the House and Kimmie hide from the media.

Don't worry. I just got an email from my US Congressman letting me know that he is going to figure out how to solve this problem.

 

[lucas80]

@lucas80 is mad that his claim in post 17 was easily debunked.

Better luck next time.

You posted a link to the one interview she's given to a non partisan organization, and then two links to friendly organizations. You are lazy, and I assume you didn't bother to watch either clip. Find one more clip of an interview with a neutral journalist?
Can you find a clip to a press conference, or a Q&A open to the general public? Please, debunk me with a clip to an open forum where our governor is taking questions from a mix of citizens.

 

[NorthernHawkeye]

You posted a link to the one interview she's given to a non partisan organization, and then two links to friendly organizations. You are lazy, and I assume you didn't bother to watch either clip. Find one more clip of an interview with a neutral journalist?
Can you find a clip to a press conference, or a Q&A open to the general public? Please, debunk me with a clip to an open forum where our governor is taking questions from a mix of citizens.

This undignified, even for you.

Take the L.

 

[lucas80]

This undignified, even for you.

Take the L.

So, no link, huh?
Any response to are yo better off financially now versus 3 years ago?

 

[lucas80]

The clerk has relented, and Belin has been granted access.
Sad that the GOP.is so afraid of transparency that it took. a lawsuit for Belin to be granted access.
https://apnews.com/article/iowa-leg...-laura-belin-f843a294719d7bc8ee6e6760171ecc52