[kgermino]

Why do you have an issue with saying banned? It's not like they were forgotton, or passed over due to space constraints, they were specifically not allowed to attend even after thy requested a pass because of the iPhone leak.

That sounds like banned to me.

[cwp]

Except it's not true that they were "specifically not allowed to attend." In fact, they were specifically not given the special privileges offered to other journalists.

[kgermino]

Good Point. My mistake.

[pohl]

Their request for a press pass was not answered. We'll never know whether they could have gotten in like everybody else.