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The pool that certain news organizations who have protested, the "new york times," politico, "buzzfeed" and cnn were left out. is that of interest to people out there? or is there a principle at stake about pick and chooses news organizations? >> i think what the trump people are saying. >> they are basically remaking it along the lines of the basic fit. they are saying stop lying about it. the cnn and washington post and "new york times," thats watch what it is. i think there has obviously been...

>> the president needs to look in the mirror and realize this is from people who want help him and not hurt him on almost every instance. >> i agree with that. there is a fear that they cant talk to him. so they try and find othervon to communicate. hours after that speech at cpac, the white house held a press briefing but not open to all reporters. cnn, buzzfeed and "the new york times" and the l.a. times and hill and politico some of outlets barred from covering the briefing. the associated ...

♪ >> president trumps war with the mainstream media seems to be intensifying, several outlets were kept out of an off-camera briefing on friday. including "the new york times," cnn, and buzzfeed. sing in a statement, nothing like this has ever happened at the white house in the long history of covering multiple administrations of different parties. free media access to a transparent government is obviously a crucial national interest. but white house secretary sean spicer tells janine. >> what...

President around as a way to send out notes to us who cant be there. we went to the press office and we asked are we allowed to come as well. they said well take your name down and e-mail you if youre allowed to be on. we were all waiting for this e-mail. some got it, some didnt. we thought lets just herd in there. maybe they forgot to e-mail us. its all very unusual. as we were trying to make our way to spicers office, a deputy press secretary was saying to some outlets, absolutely. come on in....

And just was very cold and blocked others. and when i asked, you know, can i have a statement about why this is happening, because i thought it was really unusual, the word that came out of this aides mouth was "youre threatening me." >> what? >> thats not what i was -- exactly. thats not what we were doing. i was just trying to figure out why politico wasnt let in, cnn, buzzfeed, because thats a story at the end of the day. >> so we hear tara listing off the other folks that were not allowed in...

The pool that certain news organizations who have protested, the "new york times," politico, "buzzfeed" and cnn were left out. is that of interest to people out there? or is there a principle at stake about pick and chooses news organizations? >> i think what the trump people are saying. >> they are basically remaking it along the lines of the basic fit. they are saying stop lying about it. the cnn and washington post and "new york times," thats watch what it is. i think there has obviously been...

My radio panel here with me now. john fredericks and bill press. john you come back, glutton for punishment. we appreciate you for it. be self-indulgent and talk about ourselves. i really dont like to do but well do it. talking about cnn, john, "new york times," "los angeles times," politico, buzzfeed blocked from press briefing just hours after the president said this. >> as you saw throughout the entire campaign, and even now, the fake news doesnt tell the truth. doesnt tell the truth. so just...

One of the only countries in the world where prosecution is done by the department of justice. in britain and others, department not beholden to the president. need to change the rules. >> in petty -- cnn and others blocked from attending white house media briefing today. you werent on the list. what happened? >> certainly a bizarre instance. normally if the white house press secretary is going to have a briefing, holds in briefing room on the on camera. and had offcamera gaggle and decided that...

The media didnt think that we would win. we are fighting the fake news. it is fake. phony, fake. a few days ago i called the fake news the enemy of the people, and they are. they are the enemy of the people. they make up sources. they are very dishonest people, and i said it will not represent the people and it never will represent the people and we are going to do something about it. >> and within hours of the presidents warning, the white house made good on the promise by barring several major...

Dossier and very much angered president trump, you know, it seemed like a targeting or a kind of unofficial black listing of certain news organizations. >> i think the buzzfeed dossier, it probably also angered many media folks because of -- >> yeah, it was criticized. >> because of the fact and merit of it. but when it comes to the bigger deal with certain more conservative folks were granted access. >> right. >> over other people. >> so there was a more inclusive effort to have conservative fr...