This is getting more and more ridiculous.
A federal judge on Tuesday ruled that the White House cannot bar Associated Press reporters and photographers from the Oval Office, Air Force One, and other secure spaces where journalists from other media outlets are admitted.
District Court Judge Trevor McFadden in an order said that the White House’s current blocking access to AP journalists to those tightly controlled spaces with President Donald Trump is “contrary to the First Amendment” of the U.S. Constitution.
Of course the President has that right – just as the judge has the right to restrict who enters his courtroom. The notion that allowing one member of the media to be present obligates Trump to allow any and all members of the media is ridiculous and unworkable. These are confined spaces and choices have to be made.
It seems to me that the idea behind this stupidity just might have had some merit if it was like the old days…when we had a free press.
If the press were striving for unbiased news, I would question one of the largest sources being categorically barred. However, when a source only covers part of a story, leaving out details to make part of the truth seem like the whole truth, that source deserves censure. Of course, if that were applied over all news sources then the press room would have plenty of room.
Trump’s response was to truly level the playing field. Now Reuters and Bloomberg have also been reduced to common status. Somebody take the shovel away from AP before they bury themselves any further.