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Trump Bars CNN, New York Times, Others from Briefing

Trump Bars CNN, New York Times, Others from Briefing
  • PublishedFebruary 25, 2017

Several major U.S. media outlets including New York Times, CNN and Los Angeles Times were barred from attending Friday White House briefing, indicating an escalation in the relationship between the media and the young Trump administration.

Since he was sworn in on 20 January, Trump has been attacking the US media, deriding them as purveyors of ‘fake news’, ‘dishonest media’ and so on and had disputed several accounts published by the media.

Not trusting how they would treat his story, Trump last week addressed a rally in Florida.

Just today, Trump in Twitter posts blasted the FBI for not tracing the source of a leak of his administration’s links to Russia. The story was published by CNN on Thursday.

According to a report by Daily Beast, journalists hav