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White House Bans Another Reporter

Masood Farivar

   WASHINGTON - The White House's suspension of a reporter's press
   credentials earlier this month is drawing fire from press freedom
   advocates who say it's an example of how the administration of U.S.
   President Donald Trump seeks to silence journalists and other critical
   voices.

   White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham suspended Playboy
   Magazine correspondent and CNN analyst Brian Karem's pass for 30 days
   earlier this month after Karem got into a shouting match with
   conservative radio host and former Trump adviser Sebastian Gorka in the
   Rose Garden following a social media summit last month.

   This is the second time the White House has pulled an accredited
   reporter's press pass and comes as Trump continues to denigrate
   critical media outlets as "Fake News" and "enemy of the people,"
   encouraging public distrust of the media.

   Last November, in a move unprecedented in the modern era, the White
   House lifted CNN correspondent Jim Acosta's media credentials just
   hours after he had a testy exchange with Trump at a White House press
   conference. After CNN sued Trump, a federal judge reinstated Acosta's
   pass, ruling that its suspension had violated Acosta's right to due
   process.

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