CABLE NEWS NETWORK, INC. et al v. TRUMP et al

Filing 3

LARGE ADDITIONAL ATTACHMENT(S) re 2 MOTION for Temporary Restraining Order filed by CABLE NEWS NETWORK, INC., ABILIO JAMES ACOSTA. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit 7, # 2 Exhibit 8, # 3 Exhibit 9, # 4 Exhibit 10, # 5 Exhibit 11, # 6 Exhibit 12, # 7 Exhibit 13, # 8 Exhibit 14, # 9 Exhibit 15, # 10 Exhibit 16, # 11 Exhibit 17, # 12 Exhibit 18, # 13 Exhibit 19, # 14 Exhibit 20, # 15 Exhibit 21, # 16 Exhibit 22, # 17 Exhibit 23, # 18 Exhibit 24, # 19 Exhibit 25, # 20 Exhibit 26, # 21 Exhibit 27, # 22 Exhibit 28, # 23 Exhibit 29, # 24 Exhibit 30, # 25 Exhibit 31, # 26 Exhibit 32, # 27 Exhibit 33, # 28 Exhibit 34, # 29 Exhibit 35, # 30 Exhibit 36, # 31 Exhibit 37, # 32 Exhibit 38, # 33 Exhibit 39, # 34 Exhibit 40, # 35 Exhibit 41, # 36 Exhibit 42, # 37 Exhibit 43, # 38 Exhibit 44, # 39 Exhibit 45, # 40 Exhibit 46, # 41 Exhibit 47, # 42 Exhibit 48, # 43 Exhibit 49, # 44 Exhibit 50, # 45 Exhibit 51, # 46 Exhibit 52, # 47 Exhibit 53, # 48 Exhibit 54)(jf)

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FEBRUARY 24, 2017 / 5:39 PM / 2 YEARS AGO

White House bars some news organizations from briefing
Ayesha Rascoe

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House excluded several major U.S. news
organizations, including some it has criticized, from an off-camera briefing held by the White
House press secretary on Friday.

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Journalists leave after several major news organizations including CNN, The New York Times and Politico were excluded
from an off camera "gaggle" meeting with White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer in his office that was held in place of
the regular daily press briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S., February 24, 2017. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas

Reporters for CNN, The New York Times, Politico, The Los Angeles Times and BuzzFeed were
not allowed into the session in the office of press secretary Sean Spicer.
Spicer’s off-camera briefing, or “gaggle,” replaced the usual televised daily news briefing in the
White House briefing room. He did not say why those particular news organizations were
excluded, a decision which drew strong protests.
Reuters was included in the session, along with about 10 other news organizations, including
Bloomberg and CBS.
President Donald Trump has regularly attacked the media and at a gathering of conservative
activists on Friday he criticized news organizations that he said provide “fake news”, calling
them the “enemy” of the American people.
Spicer said his team decided to have a gaggle in his office on Friday instead of a full briefing in
the larger White House briefing room and argued that “we don’t need to do everything on
camera every day.”
Reporters at the Associated Press and Time magazine walked out of the briefing when hearing
that others had been barred from the session.
Off-camera gaggles are not unusual. The White House often invites handpicked outlets in for
briefings, typically for specific topics. But briefings and gaggles in the White House are usually
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open to all outlets and they are free to ask anything.
A pool reporter from Hearst Newspapers was included in the gaggle on Friday and gave full
details to the entire press corps. Media outlets allowed into the gaggle also shared their audio
with others.

PROTESTS
Spicer’s decision drew a sharp response from some of the media outlets that were excluded.
“Nothing like this has ever happened at the White House in our long history of covering
multiple administrations of different parties,” Dean Baquet, executive editor of The New York
Times, said in a statement.
“We strongly protest the exclusion of The New York Times and the other news organizations.
Free media access to a transparent government is obviously of crucial national interest.”
The White House Correspondents Association, or
WHCA, also protested.
“The WHCA board is protesting strongly against
how today’s gaggle is being handled by the White
House,” said Jeff Mason, president of the
association and a Reuters reporter.
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During the election campaign last year, Trump’s
team banned a few news organizations, including
The Washington Post and BuzzFeed, from covering

his campaign rallies for a period of time to protest their coverage.
CNN posted a Twitter message on Friday afternoon saying: “This is an unacceptable
development by the Trump White House. Apparently this is how they retaliate when you
report facts they don’t like. We’ll keep reporting regardless.”
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Ben Smith, editor-in-chief of BuzzFeed News, said in a statement: “While we strongly object to
the White House’s apparent attempt to punish news outlets whose coverage it does not like,
we won’t let these latest antics distract us from continuing to cover this administration fairly
and aggressively.”

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On Friday, Spicer said the White House plans to fight against what it says is unfair coverage.
“I think we’re going to aggressively push back,” he said. “We’re just not going to sit back and
let false narratives, false stories, inaccurate facts get out there.”
Reporting by Steve Holland; Editing by Kieran Murray and Mary Milliken

Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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