Eventually, Acosta was allowed to return after CNN sued, with the applause of many in the media. Much of the media was outraged, OUTRAGED, that Acosta would not be allowed to give speeches in the guise of questions at White House press briefings. CNNвЂ™s Jim Acosta was effectively banned from the White House temporarily by the Trump Administration. There is precedent for the MacIver InstituteвЂ™s lawsuit. Many of them would no doubt howl with rage if they were similarly treated. Media organizations across the state have been largely silent on the treatment of the MacIver Institute by the Evers Administration. MacIver lost, then appealed, and has lost again. That was the final straw for the organization, prompting the lawsuit. The Evers Administration, determined to be less open to scrutiny than its predecessor, decided to exclude the MacIver Institute from a budget briefing given to the Capitol media.

That does not change that the MacIver News Service is accredited as a news organization at the Capitol. The conservative think tank does report from a point of view, just as the Capital Times and Isthmus reports on the Capitol from a point of view. The organization still reports on public policy, especially on the budget and education spending. The MacIver Institute was at the center of reporting on the Act 10 demonstrations and the recall elections in 20. As part of its mission, the MacIver Institute covers the news as the MacIver News Service. The MacIver Institute is a free-market think tank based in Madison, WI. The MacIver Institute is considering an appeal. The three judges on the panel were appointed by Republicans, the newspaper reported.

вЂњWe find that the GovernorвЂ™s media-access criteria are indeed reasonable and not an effort to suppress MacIverвЂ™s expression because of its viewpoint,вЂќ Judge Ilana Rovner wrote for the panel. The governor is allowed to hold events with some media organizations but not others, the judges concluded. MacIver Institute for Public PolicyВ out of some events, such as a briefing on his 2019 state budget, was not based on the groupвЂ™s ideology. Evers successfully defended himself at the Appeals Court level from a lawsuit by the MacIver Institute who sought equal press access at the state Capitol to briefings being held by the governor.ДЄ panel of the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago ruled EversвЂ™ practice of keeping the John K. Tony Evers (D-WI) and any accountability got a little higher on Friday.

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