Sentences with phrase «media gag order»

In a briefing at the White House on Tuesday, press secretary Sean Spicer was asked by reporters about whether a social - media gag order had been placed on the Interior Department.

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It's not clear how long these gag orders will remain in place, or whether they are simply designed to freeze activity until President Trump's hand - picked staff can issue new regulations for those agencies for posting on social media and interacting with the public.

«A «media management plan» for the event in Banff last fall imposed a gag order on all participants who were directed «to avoid direct media engagement where feasible.»»

On March 25, Judge Renee Cardwell Hughes imposed a gag order barring all parties involved in the criminal case from talking to the media.

In cases that draw national attention — an exponentially greater number than just a few years back, thanks to the proliferation of social media, etc. — how, short of a prophylactic gag order, do you ensure a pristine, blank slate of a jury pool?

In the wake of the mistrial, U.S. District Judge Joan Lenard issued a sweeping gag order prohibiting the defendants, their lawyers, prosecutors and others from speaking to the news media.