Everyone Who Wouldn’t Share Their WiFi Password With Jezebel at the DNC
It’s been 8 years since Gawker reported from the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, where every media outlet in the media tent kept their WiFi password protected. Some things never change…
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CHICAGO — At the 2016 Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, Bernie bros were everywhere, Roe v. Wade was the law of the land, and a Donald Trump presidency seemed a little too far-fetched. Flash forward eight years to this week at the DNC in Chicago and, wowza, the United States sure hasn’t aged well. But even if the issues, the candidates, and the social media stars look different, there’s still one thing that connects these two DNCs through space and time: Every media outlet in the DNC media tent still keeps their WiFi network password protected.