Dana Milbank, a columnist at the Post who has held a White House press passfor 21 years, wrote Wednesday that his had been revoked as part of a 'masspurge' among the greater press corps
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.
“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. “Now, virtually the entire White House press corps is credentialed under ‘exceptions,’ which means, in a sense, that they all serve at the pleasure of press secretary Sarah Sanders because they all fail to meet credentialing requirements.
Story continuesThe rule effectively requires journalists to work from the White House every other day but does not have considerations for trips, weekends or vacations, according to Politico. “Senior journalists” can apply for an exemption , and others in the media can apply for shorter-term passes that would have to be re-upped regularly. Sanders is also allowed to grant hard passes for “special circumstances.
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