People are so mad at the governor of Indiana

You mean, like the Indy Star did when it exposed that Mike Pence was creating a state-run media outlet to hopefully eventually render the Star irrelevant?

Of course Pence can do this if he wants. And he can get criticized for it, too. And, I'm sure it's totally just an oversight that an experienced and polished politician called it a "news service" instead of "a website for press releases," and it's totally just a miscommunication that its mission is to "break news" ahead of traditional media outlets.

 

Why is Mike Pence supposed to defer to the Indianapolis Star?

 

He doesn't HAVE to do shit. Seeing the reaction to this, though, he rethought what he was going to do.

 

I have a feeling that in the long run this is going to be a mistake by the governor, because it's going to remove "I didn't say that" or "I was taken out of context" from his bag of excuses when he inevitably contradicts himself as all politicians do. That sounds at least plausible when the background article comes from somewhere else.

 

Right. But why should he defer to the Indianapolis Star?

Look, I understand that yours seems to be the majority reaction. I'm just not quite sure why that is.

Was/is Mike Pence going to run a shitty "news" service? Of course he is.

So what? Why is that a threat and, further, what is he doing wrong?

 

Word on the street is that APSE is already trying to get one of Pence's reporters to judge its contest next year. #OldDebates

 

I am pretty sure our government was created not to control the press but the press was given broad powers to act as a watchdog.

So I guess Mike Pence doesn't have to defer to the Indianapolis Star if he hates the Constitution and Bill of Rights.

 

Well, there's also the whole, "using taxpayer money to provide a 'service' no one needs" thing.

 

Yeah, that's a different objection and a legitimate one.

 

The Indianapolis Star's First Amendment rights are being violated here?