The scandal of the looting of the belongings of the press room aboard the US President’s plane, Air Force One, sparked an uproar in Washington, after a report published on Friday revealed the growth of this phenomenon among journalists and others who steal items originally sold as souvenirs on the White House online store.
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The phenomenon of theft of the belongings of the press correspondents’ room on board has become widespread airplane USA President “Air Force One“As a news report published on Friday revealed, in a scandal that caused an uproar in Washington.
In this regard, he mentioned Politico website “For years, dozens of journalists and others have quietly stuffed their bags before getting off the plane with everything from engraved whiskey glasses to wine glasses and almost anything bearing the Air Force One insignia.”
But last month, I sent White House Correspondents Association An email to its members bearing a stern warning that journalists’ retention of items missing from the press room as mementos had not gone unnoticed.
The US President is usually accompanied during his travels by 13 journalists who sit in a cabin in the back of the Boeing presidential plane. The media pays the journalists’ travel costs, including the meals and drinks provided to them on board the plane.
The crew distributes only small bags of M&M chocolate chips bearing the presidential seal and the signature of the US President. Cups and other utensils bearing the “Air Force One” logo are available for purchase through the website White House Gift Shop Email on the Internet.
But it seems that this is not enough for many of the reporters traveling on Air Force One. A Politico report described the sounds of dishes and glassware hitting each other inside the journalists’ backpacks as they got off the plane.
In one case, a former White House correspondent for a major newspaper hosted a dinner party, where the food was served on a set of gilt-rimmed plates that had been stolen from Air Force One and assembled in stages, according to the report.
At least one reporter responded to the Correspondents’ Association’s rebuke, arranging a “secret” meeting between him and an official press official in a park across from the White House to return an embroidered pillow he had seized from the correspondents’ cabin on Air Force One. Politico said the handover was completed from one hand to another and “it’s over.”
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