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White House bars AP, Reuters and other media from covering Trump cabinet meeting

The White House decided to control who is part of the press pool, determining which reporters have access to the President and other events.
Reporters from the Associated Press and Reuters were excluded from covering a cabinet meeting, which many view as a threat to press freedom.
The White House will exclude traditional outlets, adding right-leaning news organizations instead, which has drawn criticism from the White House Correspondents' Association President Eugene Daniels.
Eugene Daniels condemned the decision, claiming it undermines a free press in the United States.

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New York Post

White House begins yanking adversarial news outlets from pool rotation

HuffPost's White House correspondent S.V. Date had initially been slated to serve as the daily print pool reporter Wednesday, but the Trump administration booted him in the wee hours of the night.

6 hours ago·New York, United States

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Reuters

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White House bars AP, Reuters and other media from covering Trump cabinet meeting

The White House on Wednesday denied reporters from Reuters and other news organizations access to President Donald Trump’sfirst cabinet meeting in keeping with the administration’s new policy regarding media coverage.

6 hours ago·United Kingdom

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der Standard AT

Reuters, Tagesspiegel and other media excluded from Trump's cabinet meeting

The Presidential Office wants to decide from now on who will be allowed to attend events. The three major U.S. news agencies concerned then issued a joint statement

8 hours ago·Vienna, Austria

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La Presse

News agencies – AP, Bloomberg and Reuters denounce the restrictions of the White House

Press agencies Associated Press (AP), Bloomberg News and Reuters on Wednesday denounced the White House's decision to restrict some media access to the US president.

9 hours ago·Montreal, Canada

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The Epoch Times

White House Limits Newswires in Press Pool

The White House is limiting the number of newswires in the press pool as part of its takeover of the system. Bloomberg was the only wire service in Wednesday’s pool. There is usually more than one wire service in a pool, such as The Associated Press (AP) and Reuters. Press pools are used when there are space and security restrictions in places such as the Oval Office and on Air Force One. The pool is responsible for reporting on what is said in …

10 hours ago·New York, United States

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MSNBC

The White House takes another unprecedented step to control press access

Not surprisingly, many journalists were not pleased with the idea that the White House will decide which journalists will be rewarded with pool access.

11 hours ago·United States

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