White House bans AP journalists from Oval Office amid continued Gulf dispute

The message of “Say what we want or you are excluded.” seems about as anti democratic as it gets.

“If conservatives become convinced that they cannot win democratically, they will not abandon conservatism. They will reject democracy.”

Free Speech has taken quite a turn lately.

“Print what we tell you or you’re banned”

> but it also exposes the Associated Press’s commitment to misinformation.

just harmless trolling for now, which evidently generates upvotes

AP is a major source for breaking news. Forcing journalists to only go with the executive branch’s narrative or else face being banned is not a sign of free press.

Additionally, saying it’s harmless trolling is not what I think any sane person wants their government to be in the business of doing. These people are supposed to be adults, why are they acting like immature children?