“I want you all to know we are fighting the fake news – fixed, phony, fake”
Adan Salazar
Prison Planet.com
February 24, 2017
Reporters for media outlets dubbed “fake news” by US President Donald Trump were upset Friday after they did not receive an invite to an informal White House press briefing.
[ad]Several members of former Obama administration lapdog media outlets, including the New York Times, CNN, Buzzfeed, The Los Angeles Times and others, complained they were unable to access the exclusive presser, known as a “gaggle,” while right-leaning outlets such as The Washington Times and Breitbart were allowed to enter.
Adrian Carrasquillo, a reporter for Buzzfeed – whom President Trump has referred to as “a failing pile of garbage” – reported from the White House briefing room that only “select invites” were handed out to members of the press.
CNN not let in to Spicer gaggle today.
— Adrian Carrasquillo (@Carrasquillo) February 24, 2017
Breitbart, Washington Times, One America Network got into the gaggle.
— Adrian Carrasquillo (@Carrasquillo) February 24, 2017
No CNN, New York Times, BuzzFeed News, Politico.
— Adrian Carrasquillo (@Carrasquillo) February 24, 2017
Expanded pool and “some select invites” sure did include a lot of right wing outlets and left out major news orgs.
— Adrian Carrasquillo (@Carrasquillo) February 24, 2017
Los Angeles Times reporter Noah Bierman, whose outlet had just been praised by President Trump at the 2017 CPAC conference, tweeted a photo of reporters excluded from attending the gaggle.
Reporters held out of today’s White House briefing. pic.twitter.com/8uqelMjrtp
— Noah Bierman (@Noahbierman) February 24, 2017
CNN and the “failing” New York Times each put out statements claiming they were outraged by the “unacceptable development,” with the former positing the administration’s decision was…