LostInCalifornia on Nostr: So, for example, excluding the Associated Press from the White House press pool ...
So, for example, excluding the Associated Press from the White House press pool wasn’t just about punishing the Associated Press for its editorial choices. It was about sending a chilling message to other news organizations who might choose to defy Trump in some way or other. And indeed last night a Trump aide posted that the New York Times’s Peter Baker would be excluded from the pool too, for the temerity of raising concerns about the White House’s media restrictions.
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/it-is-happening-herePublished at
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