{"id":448145,"date":"2022-05-16T22:51:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-16T19:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/psaki-heckling-reporter-warned-of-potential-whca-expulsion\/"},"modified":"2022-05-16T22:51:00","modified_gmt":"2022-05-16T19:51:00","slug":"psaki-heckling-reporter-warned-of-potential-whca-expulsion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/psaki-heckling-reporter-warned-of-potential-whca-expulsion\/","title":{"rendered":"#Psaki-heckling reporter warned of potential WHCA expulsion"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a407a28dd09d\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a407a28dd09d\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/psaki-heckling-reporter-warned-of-potential-whca-expulsion\/#%E2%80%9CPsaki-heckling_reporter_warned_of_potential_WHCA_expulsion%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Psaki-heckling reporter warned of potential WHCA expulsion&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CPsaki-heckling_reporter_warned_of_potential_WHCA_expulsion%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Psaki-heckling reporter warned of potential WHCA expulsion&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The reporter who plunged Jen Psaki\u2019s final briefing as White House press secretary into chaos Friday by loudly accusing her of allowing only a few journalists to ask questions has been warned by the White House Correspondents Association to cut it out or risk getting kicked out, according to\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/news\/reporter-who-interrupted-white-house-press-briefing-threatened-with-possible-suspension-expulsion-from-whca\/\">a new report<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Simon Ateba, the chief White House correspondent for Today <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a> Africa, caused an uproar Friday when he repeatedly yelled at Psaki: \u201cWhy don\u2019t you take questions from across the room? Because that\u2019s not what you\u2019ve done for the past 15 months\u201d shortly after she had given emotional thank-yous to White House colleagues and members of the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a> to mark her last day on the job. <\/p>\n<p>Ateba was eventually persuaded to calm down, but not before he had been scolded by NPR reporter Tamara Keith as well as Psaki herself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSimon,\u201d the outgoing press secretary said sharply, \u201cif you can respect your colleagues and other media and reporters in here, that would be greatly <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>reciated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to Mediaite, Ateba was further chastised in an email from WHCA president Steven Portnoy of CBS News Radio.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"805\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/ateba-1.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Simon Ateba of Today News Africa.\" class=\"wp-image-22288798\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/ateba-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/ateba-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/ateba-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Simon Ateba repeatedly yelled at Jen Psaki\u2019s final briefing: \u201cWhy don\u2019t you take questions from across the room?\u201d<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Simon Ateba\/Twitter<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cYour disruptive behavior at last Friday\u2019s briefing interrupted your colleagues and reflected poorly on the press corps,\u201d Portnoy reportedly wrote. \u201cThere is no right of any reporter to be called on by any official. Preventing your colleagues from asking their questions is no way to seek relief.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe note that you have been granted status as an Associate Member of our organization. With that comes a responsibility to act in a collegial manner with your fellow WHCA members,\u201d Portnoy went on, according to Mediaite. \u201cIf you again demonstrate disrespect for your colleagues in the manner you did last Friday, the WHCA Board will act on behalf of the collective.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Portnoy went on to refer Ateba to Article X of the WCHA\u2019s bylaws, which states that members can be suspended \u201cfor due cause\u201d by a majority vote of the nine-member executive board \u2014 and expelled by a two-thirds vote. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/psaki-008-1.jpeg?w=1024\" alt=\"Reporters asked Simon Ateba to stop shouting multiple times.\" class=\"wp-image-22288772\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/psaki-008-1.jpeg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/psaki-008-1.jpeg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/psaki-008-1.jpeg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Reporters asked Simon Ateba to stop shouting multiple times.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Reuters<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In response, Ateba described himself to Mediaite as a \u201cvictim\u201d who has been \u201ctreated so unfairly\u201d by the 108-year-old group.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>\u201cI received the email from WHCA\u2019s president Steven Portnoy with a heavy heart. I am the victim here and I am being treated so unfairly by WHCA. It is sad and it is heartbreaking,\u201d said Ateba, a native of Cameroon who reported for years in Nigeria before making his way to Washington.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAmerica is the greatest country in the world and no country comes even close,\u201d he went on. \u201cHere in the United States, press freedom is respected, or so I thought, or so I was made to believe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ateba went on to claim to the outlet that he had been discriminated against \u201cdue to his origins, being an African covering the White House and focusing on US-Africa ties and interactions for Today News Africa\u201d and called on WHCA to fix the structure of briefings.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt baffles me that I have to be the one to say that doing press briefings with only people in the first and second rows is extremely discriminatory and should stop,\u201d he said. \u201cWHCA needs to be reformed.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/white-house-brief-psaki.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Press Secretary Jen Psaki conducts her final briefing as White House Press Secretary.\" class=\"wp-image-22288816\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/white-house-brief-psaki.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/white-house-brief-psaki.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/white-house-brief-psaki.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Psaki scolded Ateba for causing the uproar at her final briefing.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Sipa USA via AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Friday\u2019s interruptions were not the first time\u00a0Ateba clashed with Psaki. In December, he accused her of\u00a0lying about coronavirus-related <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">travel<\/a> restrictions that Ateba claimed unfairly targeted countries in southern Africa. <br \/>\u00a0<br \/>\u201cYou are saying something that is false,\u201d Ateba shouted at Psaki at the time.<\/p>\n<p>Days later,\u00a0Ateba labeled the restrictions as \u201cracist.\u201d\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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