White House bars major news outlets from gaggle
News organizations including the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, CNN and Politico were blocked from joining an informal, on the record White House press briefing on Friday.
The Associated Press chose not to participate in the gaggle following the move by White House press secretary Sean Spicer.
Free media access to a transparent government is obviously of crucial national interest, Dean Baquet, the Times' executive editor, said in a statement.