[CIMC-work] (f.y.i.) Fwd: 3 student newspapers were denied access to Bush's visit

[Chris Kaihatsu]

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Subject: 3 student newspapers were denied access to Bush's visit
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Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2004 18:20:28 -1000
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 http://www.iowastatedaily.com/vnews/display.v/ART/407f62324cdf9
April 16, 2004
Student newspapers denied access to presidential visit
By Eric Rowley
Daily Staff Writer

DES MOINES -- Three student newspapers were not allowed to cover President
Bush's visit to Des Moines on Thursday.

The Iowa State Daily; the Daily Iowan, the student newspaper at the
University of Iowa; and the DMACC Chronicle, the student newspaper of the
Ankeny campus of Des Moines Area Community College, were all left off the
approved list to cover the presidential visit.

A reporter and a photographer from WQAD in the Quad Cities were also left
off the list because of a late fax request to the White House press office,
but were later let in to cover the event.

"We took all the right steps to get in, and we got screwed in the end," said
Scott Mussell, photographer for the DMACC Chronicle.

Mike Allsup, reporter for the Chronicle, said the paper had faxed press
credential information to the White House press office at 11 a.m. Tuesday, a
full day before the due date.

"I think they missed out on a huge opportunity for getting the president's
message out to students," he said.

Allsup said he was later contacted by the White House press office and told
the president didn't want students covering the event in Des Moines.

"The fact they called me and told me that really pissed me off," he said.

Eric Rowley, Iowa State Daily co-photography editor, and Scott Rank, Iowa
State Daily senior political reporter, were denied press passes to cover the
event after sending in a request for credentials Tuesday.

Annie Shuppy, reporter for the Daily Iowan, and Ben Roberts, photographer
for the Daily Iowan, were also denied press credentials, but sent in their
request late.

"We found out last night at 10:30 that the president was coming," Roberts
said.

Shuppy said she called the White House press office to make sure the Daily
Iowan's request was received.

She said a person at the White House press office told her to cover the
event and that credentials would be waiting for Roberts and her when they
arrived in Des Moines.

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