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White House Briefing Bar 'Doomed to Failure'

Media groups condemn exclusion from informal briefing with President Trump's press secretary.

Media groups have reacted angrily after several outlets were excluded from an informal briefing with White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer. We discuss the significance of the bar with the deputy executive director of the Committee to Protect Journalists.

Also in the programme: The Benedictine monk saving manuscripts from war and theft; and is the famous Brazilian carnival becoming less bawdy?

(Photo: White House spokesman Sean Spicer holds a press briefing. Credit: Reuters/Carlos Barria)

23 minutes

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Sat 25 Feb 201721:06GMT

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  • Sat 25 Feb 201721:06GMT

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