The White House blocked reporters from The New York Times, CNN and Politico from a press briefing on Friday, February 24, though representatives from conservative outlets were allowed in.
According to reporting from all three outlets, among others, staffers allowed in a handpicked number of journalists from outlets including Breitbart News, the One America News Network and The Washington Times, which all have conservative leanings. More mainstream outlets like ABC, CBS, The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg and Fox News were also allowed in. (The Los Angeles Times was also barred, according to KTLA.)
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Reporters from the Associated Press and Time magazine, who were allowed into the briefing, opted not to take part in the event in a show of solidarity for the snubbed outlets.
US Magazine
Shut down the press and the protesters. Next: throw out the intellectuals?
...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.
UPDATE: In December, press secretary Spicer said that banning certain media access is the mark of a dictatorship.
FURTHER UPDATE: Al Jazeera was also one of the media organizations barred from the briefing.
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