Federal Judge Orders White House To Temporarily Restore Press Access To Jim Acosta

[Neo-Scholastic]

The judge himself noted that the White House needed some clear criteria for determining whether to revoke someone's press credentials,

In order for a privilege to be unfairly revoked, it must first be fairly granted. If CNN is claiming the Acosta was not given due process before being banned, then presumably there was some legal process by which he gained access. I am not aware of any although surely there must be. That's the part no one is talking about and about which I am genuinely curious.

My question is basically by what criteria are people given press "credentials"? Reporters are not licensed professionals like doctors, lawyers or architects. My license required a 5-year degree, 2 years of apprenticeship, and passing a battery of 9 tests, one of which lasted 12-hours. Likewise getting a journalism degree is not nearly as impressive as getting one in engineering or materials science.