Mainstream media revolts against WH for war on Fox News

Tapper set the standard, and the rest are now following suit. Director Blue writes (via Dan Riehl):

Today the White House stepped up its attack on Fox News, announcing that the network would no longer be able to conduct interviews with officials as a member of the Press Pool. The Pool is a five-member group consisting of ABC, CBS, CNN, Fox News and NBC organized by the White House Correspondents Association. Its membership is not subject to oversight by the government.

Before an interview with “Pay Czar” Kenneth Feinberg, the administration announced that Fox News would be banned from the press pool. This marks the first time in history that an administration had attempted to ban an entire network from the press pool.

To their credit, the other networks objected. They told the White House that if Fox were banned, none of the other networks would participate. The White House relented, but in an apparent act of petulant retaliation, it restricted each network to a two-minute interview instead of the standard five.

Does the word “frightening” adequately describe the WH’s actions when it comes to freezing out mainstream media news outlets it deems “biased” (against them)?

I gotta give props to other MSM reporters for coming to the defense of Fox – it’s pretty bad for the WH when even their loyal press corp stands against them alongside the eeeevil Fox News.

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