A Press Ban by Any Other Name: The Erosion of a Free Press In the pantheon of presidential transgressions, Donald Trump's latest move – banning major news outlets from White House grounds – is just another brick in the wall he's been building to restrict press access.
This particular development is insidious because it's calculated and incremental: by chipping away at the boundaries between the president and those who report on him, Trump is rewriting the rules of a free press.
The White House belongs to the American people, as MS NOW pointed out in their statement defending their journalists.