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Debriefed

Reporters line up in hopes of attending a briefing in Press Secretary Sean Spicer’s office at the White House in Washington, Friday, Feb. 24, 2017. White House held
an off camera briefing in Spicer’s office, where they selected who could attend.
(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
White House Bars Major News Outlets from Informal Briefing

LYNN ELBER journalists included. Typi- dent Donald Trump de- whose former executive ing more than that,” said
Associated Press cally, the daily briefing is livered a speech blasting chairman, Steve Bannon, White House spokeswoman
News organizations includ- televised and open to all the media, Spicer invited is Trump’s chief strategist. Sarah Sanders.
ing The New York Times, news organizations creden- only a pool of news orga- When the additional news When asked by a reporter
the Los Angeles Times, CNN tialed to cover the White nizations that represents organizations attempted to attending whether he was
and Politico were blocked House. and shares reporting with gain access, they weren’t playing favorites, Spicer
from joining an informal, “The AP believes the pub- the larger press corps. He allowed to enter. The White said the White House had
on-the-record White House lic should have as much also invited several other House said it felt “everyone “shown an abundance of
press briefing Friday. access to the president as major news outlets, as well was represented” by those accessibility,” according to
The Associated Press chose possible,” Lauren Easton, as smaller organizations in the pool and the invited an audio recording of the
not to participate in the the AP’s director of media including the conserva- organizations. briefing later circulated by
briefing after White House relations, said in a state- tive Washington Times, “We decided to add a the pool.
press secretary Sean Spicer ment. One America News Net- couple of additional peo-
restricted the number of On Friday, hours after Presi- work and Breitbart News, ple beyond the pool. Noth- Continued on Page 4

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