All leads came from Drudge.
Algore, or sometimes called the Goracle, is a fool and a hypocrite. On his blog, Algore chastises anyone who would seemingly censor news coverage of the gulf oil spill. In citing the case of a newspaper seeking permission to fly over the area and snap photos of the spill and were denied, Algore says:
This behavior is completely unacceptable. Access by reporters should be as unfettered as possible. This de facto form of censorship needs to stop.
However, back in 2008, CNET reported that Algore barred the press from one of his speeches.
When Al Gore agreed to talk at the end of the RSA 2008 conference, the 2007 Nobel Laureate stipulated in his contract with RSA that no members of the press would be allowed inside the keynote address.
And once again in 2009. PCMag.com reported:
In a highly ironic move, Al Gore has barred the press from even attending his speech at the upcoming CTIA Wireless 2009 conference, the nation’s largest gathering of the wireless communications industry.
The ban only applies to people with press badges. If you’re a corporate or personal blogger or Tweeter, apparently you can get in to the 4,000-seat auditorium where the speech will be held on April 3. The wireless industry group running the conference, CTIA washed their hands of the ban, saying that it’s part of Al Gore’s standard speaking contract and that there was nothing they could do about it.
Tom Remington
