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Originally Posted by valo403
Well it sort of defeats the purpose of clearing an area if all you have to say is "I'm press" to be allowed to stay in the area doesn't it? I can't say I'm really familiar with how this usually works, I just can't see how it's all that different than creating a boundary around any sort of police scene.
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Usually, true press have some kind of identification such as a press pass. It may have been easier for NYPD to deny all press due to the difficulty of verifying the legitimacy of press passes, but reading that all press was not allowed even remotely close to the events which were taking place is a bit odd. You'd think if they were ok with transparency of their actions, they would grant one press outfit access to the site to record as the events as they unfolded, providing protection to that press outfit for their safety.