The White House has barred international news
television station CNN and a host of other media
houses from its press conference.
CNN, New York Times were singled out from the media crowd that
went into White House press secretary Sean Spicer's office.
Reports from US say that on Friday, February 24
afternoon, reporters from the New York Times,
the Los Angeles Times, Politico, and CNN were
denied entry to the White House press secretary
Sean Spicer’s office for a briefing.
On the other hand, Breitbart News, the
Washington Times, and One America News
Network were waved in.
US president Donald Trump has been highly critical of the media
houses barred from the White House press conference
Mainstream outlets including ABC and CBS, were
all allowed in but reporters from Time magazine
and the Associated Press were allowed in, who
were also allowed in chose to boycott the
briefing in protest of the other outlets’ exclusion.
“ Nothing like this has ever happened at the White House in
our long history of covering multiple administrations of
different parties,” Dean Baquet, the executive editor
of the New York Times, said in a statement.
“We strongly protest the exclusion of The New York Times
and the other news organizations. Free media access to a
transparent government is obviously of crucial national
interest.”
television station CNN and a host of other media
houses from its press conference.
CNN, New York Times were singled out from the media crowd that
went into White House press secretary Sean Spicer's office.
Reports from US say that on Friday, February 24
afternoon, reporters from the New York Times,
the Los Angeles Times, Politico, and CNN were
denied entry to the White House press secretary
Sean Spicer’s office for a briefing.
On the other hand, Breitbart News, the
Washington Times, and One America News
Network were waved in.
US president Donald Trump has been highly critical of the media
houses barred from the White House press conference
Mainstream outlets including ABC and CBS, were
all allowed in but reporters from Time magazine
and the Associated Press were allowed in, who
were also allowed in chose to boycott the
briefing in protest of the other outlets’ exclusion.
“ Nothing like this has ever happened at the White House in
our long history of covering multiple administrations of
different parties,” Dean Baquet, the executive editor
of the New York Times, said in a statement.
“We strongly protest the exclusion of The New York Times
and the other news organizations. Free media access to a
transparent government is obviously of crucial national
interest.”
