White House press secretary Sean Spicer. (Evan Vucci/AP)Attacks on the press by President Trump and his aides are so frequent that they blur together. Some, such as the “opposition party” label applied by White House chief strategist Stephen K. Bannon, are aimed at the entire mainstream media. April Ryan, a White House correspondent for the American Urban Radio Networks, reported two weeks ago that Omarosa Manigault, a White House communications aide, claimed to have compiled dossiers on certain journalists. Nixonian’: Reporter was taped by White House in heated exchange]Also, at one point during the campaign, Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway indicated in an interview on MSNBC that aides monitor reporters' tweets and track how often those tweets convey negative information about Trump.

Source: Washington Post February 27, 2017 19:52 UTC