The Washington press corps needs to boycott White House events | Margaret Sullivan

CNN, MS Now and Politico accurately call last week’s sudden lockout ‘a direct assault on the first amendment’. That’s right On Monday, the three news organizations that had been kicked out of the White House because of Donald Trump ’s latest fit of pique sued the president and three top advisers. An accompanying statement by CNN, MS Now and Politico accurately calls last week’s sudden lockout “a direct assault on the first amendment”. Continue reading...

Originally reported by The Guardian US by Margaret Sullivan. Read the full story at the source.