February 24, 2017 12:28 PM UTC

White House Blocks Prominent News Organizations from Briefing

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• by: Colorado Pols

This was probably inevitable, but that doesn’t make it any less terrifying:

CNN, The New York Times, Politico, and other mainstream news organizations were blocked from participating in a White House media briefing on Friday afternoon. Journalists expressed outrage at the unusual move, and the Associated Press and Time magazine boycotted the briefing as a result. Spicer reportedly allowed sympathetic outlets into the gaggle—an informal question-and-answer session between a press secretary and journalists—including the Washington Times, Breitbart, and One America News Network. Jeff Mason, the president of the White House Correspondents’ Association, said in a statement that the consortium of reporters will “strongly protest” the move and further discuss it with White House press staffers.

Kudos to the Associated Press and TIME magazine for boycotting the press briefing in solidarity with their media brethren.