The Trump administration has begun enforcing new rules that severely limit the number of journalists given press passes that afford them easier access to the White House, according to reporters at The Washington Post. Dana Milbank, a columnist at the Post who has held a White House press pass for 21 years, wrote Wednesday that his had been revoked as part of a “mass purge” among the greater press corps. “Trump’s elimination of briefings and other changes have devalued White House coverage anyway. But there’s something wrong with a president having the power to decide which journalists can cover him,” Milbank wrote. Many journalists took to Twitter to lambaste the move, noting that it was yet another step by the White House to undermine the press corps.

Source: Huffington Post May 09, 2019 04:52 UTC