Starting in the summer of 2015 — just weeks after his campaign kickoff — Donald Trump banned credentials for a robust list of media outlets, including the Huffington Post, Politico, The Washington Post and BuzzFeed. The action made it harder for these outlets to cover Trump rallies and other events, forcing them to enter arenas with the general public, as opposed to gaining smoother entree to media areas.

The stifling steps against media organizations sprouted from thin skin. The Des Moines Register secured its banishment after it ran an editorial in the summer of 2015 arguing that he should get out of the race. The Huffington Post got the stiff-arm after it decided to locate its Trump coverage under its “entertainment” category[/url], on the thinking that Trump wasn’t a serious political story. [url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/trump-revokes-post-press-credentials-calling-the-paper-dishonest-and-phony/2016/06/13/f9a61a72-31aa-11e6-95c0-2a6873031302_story.html]The Washington Post[/url] got its ban after it published this headline, based on a Trump appearance on cable TV: “Donald Trump suggests President Obama was involved with Orlando shooting.” BuzzFeed got banned for … [url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-campaign-buzzfeed-media-blacklist_us_576ac0bae4b0c0252e77f6be]????

That, of course, is just a partial list of the news organizations that got the treatment at one point or another. Others include National Review, the Union Leader, the Des Moines Register, Mother Jones, the Daily Beast, Univision, Fusion.

Last edited by Just Fred (9/07/2016 6:49 pm)