The media is freeeeaaaking out because Presidente Trumpo has banned the New York Times, CNN, L.A. Times, and Politico from a press gaggle.
#BREAKING: CNN, other news organizations blocked from attending White House gaggle
— Ross Levitt (@cnnross) February 24, 2017
Breitbart, OANN, Washington Times are all in White House briefing. CNN and NY Times (and LA Times) not allowed in.
— Noah Bierman (@Noahbierman) February 24, 2017
Blocked from White House media briefing
· CNN
· NY Times
· LA Times
· POLITICO
· BuzzFeedAllowed to attend
· Breitbart— Dan Diamond (@ddiamond) February 24, 2017
The White House Correspondent’s Association is angry:
Certain media outlets were blocked from covering Sean Spicer's gaggle today. Here is the @whca's response pic.twitter.com/YUeLS4ss0z
— Jordan Fabian (@Jordanfabian) February 24, 2017
Some are boycotting the gaggle in response:
Congratulations to @AP and @TIME for boycotting today’s White House gaggle in protest of exclusion of other media.
— Peter Baker (@peterbakernyt) February 24, 2017
Meanwhile, there’s always someone calling it a distraction:
Dear media, WH is discriminating certain media outlets to distract you from the Russia/interfering with the FBI story. Coño! Stay focused.
— Ana Navarro (@ananavarro) February 24, 2017
While all the idiot leftists are yelling “Hitler!!!”
Donald Trump took his dictatorship to the next level.
CNN and others just blocked from the White House media briefing.
Goodbye freedom.
— Tommy Campbell (@MrTommyCampbell) February 24, 2017
NO, he’s not Hitler for keeping some members of the media out of his press gaggle. Is it impolite? Yeah, so what? To call him a dictator for such small insults is severely undercutting the credibility of the media in the eyes of regular human beings who DON’T believe journalists are gods among us who need to be worshipped. And the media keeps being shocked that we don’t.
What I find so hilarious is that the media thinks they’re going to get anything done by boycotting Trump. Oh my, however will get his message out to his MILLIONS of undying zombie followers on Twitter, or Facebook, or anywhere else really, without the press? LOL!! They’re about to discover how meaningless they are…
UPDATE:
Here’s Brooke Baldwin’s outrage!!
JUST IN: White House blocks news organizations from press briefing https://t.co/nw8Z24oGeu https://t.co/w123I4Fu0D
— Anderson Cooper 360° (@AC360) February 24, 2017
And CNN responded:
CNN was blocked from WH @PressSec's media gaggle today. This is our response: pic.twitter.com/8SfY2uYKEI
— CNN Communications (@CNNPR) February 24, 2017