Trump’s apologists will find a way to blow this off, but those who see this administration as a potential threat to our Constitution and the First Amendment, in particular, will see it as another shot fired across the bow of free media.
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When you have a government that begins paring away one outlet after another, until all that’s left are the organizations that are complimentary to the administration, you get something that is the opposite of what our nation is supposed to be.
Bias or no bias, a free media keeps our government accountable to the people.
The president of the White House Correspondents’ Association also fiercely criticized the decision.
“The WHCA board is protesting strongly against how today’s gaggle is being handled by the White House,” Jeff Mason said in a statement.
“We encourage the organizations that were allowed in to share the material with others in the press corps who were not. The board will have a further discussion with White House staff.”
Some of the outlets that were handpicked to attend were One America News Network, the Washington Times, Bloomberg, Reuters, CBS, NBC, ABC, Fox News, and Breitbart.
Surprisingly, someone from Fox News, who acted as the official campaign headquarters of Trump during the election, and even now are his official state-run media base, was among those voices condemning the exclusion.
Some at CNN & NYT stood w/FOX News when the Obama admin attacked us & tried 2 exclude us-a WH gaggle should be open to all credentialed orgs https://t.co/8Vjcs0KCPR
— Bret Baier (@BretBaier) February 24, 2017
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Friday’s snub of the select few was not a good thing. If you’re cheering for this, shame on you. We’re just a month in with this administration. We can just about assure that it will get so much worse before it gets better.
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After Various Outlets Shut Out of White House Briefing, Media Figures Speak Up https://t.co/uloyErR9mv
— RedState (@RedState) February 24, 2017
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