New York Times, CNN, others barred from press briefing

[Aroura]

Although the president has the legal right to give access to whomever he likes, or no have press conferences at all if he wishes, it's pretty clear that this was done out of simple spite.

I'm not even sure he's got the legal right. Where I live, government agencies and the government aren't allowed to refuse commenting to the press or to make a selection of whom they're talking to. They're accountable to the public and refusing to talk to the media is actually breaking the law.

Might be that American legislation is different.

I looked it up.  He cannot revoke press passes or anything like that, but he is not required to hold press conferences, nor allow everyone into those he does hold.  He could hold one on ones with Breitbart only, and it would be totally legal.

I think that makes one of our "pillars" quite a bit weaker than I'd realized.  However, in today's media soaked world, it will still be pretty difficult for him to shut them up.