These didn’t even get an honorable mention. Funny how that works.
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Other U.S. presidents have restricted or limited news media access, but physically barring and revoking hard press passes for specific news organizations from the White House complex is an extreme action. [1, 2]
Historical Precedents and Restrictions
Richard Nixon: Banned Washington Post reporters from social events and press briefings following their coverage of the Watergate scandal. [1]
Barack Obama: Briefly tried to exclude Fox News from a 2009 pooled interview with an administration official (backed down after pushback from other networks) and excluded three conservative newspapers from his campaign plane in 2008 while keeping other outlets. [1, 2]
Past White House Access: Historically, hard press passes granting physical access to the White House complex were rarely revoked except for explicit security threats, with no major record of credential revocations penalizing outlets for political coverage prior to modern administrations.