There was swift backlash from the White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA). Its president, Margaret Talev, said: “Some may excuse the president’s inflammatory rhetoric about the media, but just because the president does not like news coverage does not make it fake. Robert Mueller investigating payments to Michael Cohen, Swiss drug giant says Read more“A free press must be able to report on the good, the bad, the momentous and the mundane, without fear or favour. “We’re very committed to a free press and I think we demonstrate that every single day, not only by me being up here and taking your questions as I’m doing right now,” she said. He has been praised for allowing cameras into sensitive meetings, but there was controversy in February last year when Sean Spicer, who was then his press secretary, barred several news organisations from an off-camera briefing.

Source: The Guardian May 09, 2018 22:52 UTC