http://desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20040416/NEWS09/404160394/1056/NEWS00
Reporters and photographers from two college newspapers said Thursday White House officials denied them access to President Bush’s appearance in Des Moines.
Student newspapers at Des Moines Area Community College and Iowa State University were turned away from the noon event at the Marriott hotel in downtown Des Moines after submitting requests for media credentials on time, they said.
Reporters and photographers for the DMACC Chronicle and Iowa State Daily said their organizations were not on the list of approved media when they arrived, despite faxing their request for credentials ahead of the 2 p.m. Wednesday deadline.
Chronicle reporter Mike Allsup said White House advance staff told him his time would be better spent in school. “It really is not fair that we represent 14,000 students at my college and I’m disregarded and sent away,” said Allsup, of Des Moines.
A news crew from WQAD television in Moline, Ill., was not on the approved media list but was allowed into the event, Iowa State Daily photography editor Eric Rowley said.
White House officials did not immediately reply to repeated requests for comment.
Can you believe the fuckin’ arrogance? I can.