“Previous administrations have often intervened to protect press access when foreign leaders have tried to limit coverage of presidential meetings abroad,” Norman Pearlstine, editor of the Los Angeles Times, said in a statement Wednesday. “The fact that this White House has done the opposite and excluded members of the press provides another sad example of its failure to uphold the American public’s right to see and be informed about President Trump’s activities.”

Source: Los Angeles Times February 27, 2019 13:07 UTC