Trump White House restricts Reuters, Bloomberg access to president in latest media crackdown
The move raises concerns about press freedom and follows the Trump administration’s legal loss to another wire service over its exclusion
The decision comes after the Trump administration last week lost a court challenge brought by another wire service, the Associated Press, over its earlier exclusion from the press pool.
The pool typically consists of around 10 outlets that follow the president wherever he goes, whether it is a meeting in the Oval Office where he makes statements or answers questions, or trips at home or abroad.
Under the new policy, wire services will lose their customary spot in the pool and will instead be part of a larger rotation with about 30 other newspaper and print outlets.
Given their mission to deliver real-time information to other news organisations and readers, wire services tend to cover the president and the White House more closely on a daily basis than most outlets.
Other media customers, particularly local news organisations that have no presence in Washington, rely on the wires for up-to-date reporting, video and audio.