White House Bars Journalists from Briefing

President Donald Trump’s testy relationship with sections of the press appears to be continuing as a number of organisations, including The New York Times, CNN and the BBC, were excluded from a media briefing on Friday. Professor Jeff Jarvis explains the culture of White House Press briefings.

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(Photo: An empty podium is seen as an off-camera briefing is held with a group of reporters and White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer rather than the normal on-camera briefing in the White House 24 February 2017. Credit: Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images)