Politics

White House Blocks CNN, New York Times, and Others from Press Briefing

WAR ON MEDIA

The latest salvo in the Trump White House’s war on the media came Friday when Sean Spicer selectively excluded several major news outlets from a briefing in his office.

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Reporters from several news organizations were denied entry to a press briefing at the White House on Friday afternoon, in a surprising breach of protocol that spurred fervent responses from newsroom executives.

Journalists from CNN, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, the BBC, BuzzFeed, and Politico were blocked from...

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