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Spicer, the press secretary, was asked last december if the trump white house would have the same policy that it had during the campaign when it also banned several outlets. heres what sean had to say back in december. >> we have a respect for the press when it come to the government, that that is something that you cant bannon entity from. conservative, liberal or otherwise, i think thats what makes a democracy a democracy versus a dictatorship. >> so, that was then, this is now. today they are...

Press secretary sean spicer was asked more than once why those outlets specifically were excluded. he said, i think we have shown an abundance of accessibility, calling this administration more accessible than any prior one, adding, we do what we can to accommodate the press. "the new york times" dean puckett put out a statement saying, we strongly protest the exclusion of the "new york times" and other news organization. free media access to a transparent government is of crucial national inter...

Call a gaggle. and credited white house correspondents almost always are invited to these gaggles, theyre alerted usually whats happening in the press secretarys office. i spent seven years as a white house correspondent during the clinton administration so im very familiar with this. but all of a sudden certain news organizations reporters were barred from going in. >> thats right, gaggles arent an abnormal thing for a white house to do. they typically hold an off camera gaggle so they dont ste...

War against fox news, the white house never banned fox from attending any sort of press gaggle or broiefing. this is clearly president trump punishing news organizations for providing basic accountability. >> reporter: well, jake, it was a little perplexing to see how this played out. it is not unusual for the white house to do something like that with a pool, which is of course a small group of reporters who represents the entire press core, or even if they wanted to do a private meeting, for i...

Media and select different outlets and keep people out of the briefing like he did today. >> shepard: you think theres -- was that a trial balloon? they played it off that this is a smaller group. but he let a lot of conservative organizations in the room but didnt allow "the new york times," politco and cnn. >> yeah. we hope its not a trial balloon. we saw press get banned during the campaign. sean spicer, when he was white house press secretary, vowed that press organizations wouldnt be banned...

For the press when it comes to the government that that is something that you cant ban an entity from. you know, conservative, liberal, or otherwise, i think thats what makes a democracy a democracy versus a dictatorship. >> what are you learning? >> i think part of what youre seeing there, sean spicer back in december was him trying to comfort people that, dont worry too much, we are going to be a white house that is the way other white houses, george w. bush, the way they have related to the p...

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Exclude places like anyone, the new york times, and politico that the president has been directly critical of. >> and, sara, did the white house give any explanation as to why these news organizations, including cnn, were excluded? >> reporter: i have asked a number of white house aides today in the communication shop specifically about why they hand selected some reporters to be included and decided to exclude others. they had not answered that question. they have only said that it was original...

Anymore to get their news. they dont know to really get an understanding of what is going on in the white house. you got that from steve bannon saying here are the things were working on, here it is what the president is focused on doing but youre not going to hear that in a lot of the news our outlets. theres a disconnect going on. i thing its hurtful most importantly to the american people. >> one thing is sure, the president is driving this conversation. this what hes focused on. so were all ...

Let their name be put out. >> not only did according to multiple sources trump himself contact new york tabloids on background while he was a billionaire socialite, but isnt that exactly what reince priebus was reportedly asking the fbi to do, use anonymous fbi sources to push back on the stoeshgs jonathan? >> yeah, of course. i mean, its absurd. we have conversation on background with administration officials every day. donald trump spent most of his real estate career as one of the most notori...