Media barred from covering Rove speech at prep school

[sabra]

Source: AP

WALLINGFORD, Conn. -- The media have been barred from covering a speech by former presidential adviser Karl Rove to students at a prestigious prep school on Monday.

Mary Verselli, spokeswoman for Choate Rosemary Hall, said Headmaster Edward Shanahan and Rove decided mutually to exclude the media.


The prep school, which is the alma mater of President John F. Kennedy and two-time Democratic presidential nominee Adlai Stevenson, is limiting attendance to students and staff due to space restrictions in the auditorium, she said.

"With all our students attending, we're only going to be able to squeeze in half of the faculty with chairs at the back of the auditorium," Verselli said. "This is a special program, a school event, and we typically don't invite the media to a school event."

"It's our standard way of doing things," Verselli told The Associated Press Sunday.



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[Donnachaidh]

1. Gotta protect Turdblossom from the great unwashed

Wouldn't want any Middle Class Cooties skittering up his pant legs.

So did anyone ask for a tape or printout of Mr' Big Giant Head's speech? Or is THAT *privileged* as well?

[Metta]

2. The two Americas in action. Inherently traitorous to the Declaration of Independence.

And universal law. I wouldn't take any of Karl Rove's karma for all of the money in the world.

[pnwmom]

3. They probably don't want the media to be able to report

how few of those chairs are actually filled.

[aquart]

5. What a good point.

[EFerrari]

12. Or the demonstrators outside. I thought this appearance had been

canceled? Maybe that was some other prep school.

[tanyev]

14. I think the original plan was for him to speak at graduation,

but it was moved up after the initial hue and cry.

[Redstone]

4. Pure sensationalism, right here. If you'd take the time to do just a LITTLE bit of research,

you'd find that there's much more to this story than your post implies that there is.

Redstone

[Jackpine Radical]

6. Heh-heh. Rove bombed in New Haven.

Kinda like a Joseph Heller novel.

[truthisfreedom]

7. Someone's got to sneak a camera in there and put it up on youtube so we can have a laugh!

[muntrv]

8. I always thought showing Karl Rove's face on tee-vee is obscenity.

[IntravenousDemilo]

9. I'm sure someone from The News (the Choate U newspaper) will be there recording things.

It wouldn't surprise me if something leaked to outside journalists.

BTW, for the longest time, I thought Choate was pronounced "KO-ate", because of the word "inchoate". I was disappointed to find it's pronounced "chote", which is sort of ugly.

[AndyTiedye]

10. Even the Preppies Will BOO Him

[KansDem]

11. Now that's irony! The man who used the media so well to lie, cheat, and steal...

...now wants protection from that very instrument.

I say he should take as well as he gave!

[proud2BlibKansan]

13. OT - but I love that sig pic!

[underpants]

15. Oh what wonderful insights will humanity miss out on?

:sarcasm: