I'm sure there are many conservative activists who are delighted with the Trump Administration's decision to bar CNN, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Guardian, Politico, BuzzFeed and the BBC from a press briefing with Sean Spicer.
Mind you these same conservative activists were appalled when the Obama White House barred Fox News from an interview with White House pay czar Ken Feinberg in 2009.
So if it was wrong for the Obama Administration to bar Fox News from access to the White House then why is it right for the Trump Administration to do the same to CNN and company?
If you think it's OK for Trump to ban the press, but not Obama or OK for Obama to ban the press, but not Trump then what you are telling me is that you don't believe in freedom of the press, freedom of speech or liberty but rather in the heavy hand of government's capacity to silence those they do not want to hear.
Of course, I am not surprised the Trump White House would do such a thing. Most of the outlets banned were organizations he deemed enemies of the American people. When Trump does this and says the media shouldn't be allowed to use anonymous sources I fear this is only the beginning.
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