So in Spicer's own words, gov't banning the press makes for a dictatorship.

[suffragette]

https://m.

In December, Spicer said barring media access is what a ‘dictatorship’ does. Today, he barred media access.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2017/02/24/in-december-spicer-said-barring-media-access-is-what-a-dictatorship-does-today-he-barred-media-access/?utm_term=.d5526382ebca

“Look, there’s a big difference between a campaign where it is a private venue using private funds and a government entity,” Spicer replied. “I think we have a respect for the press when it comes to the government. That is something you can’t ban an entity from.”

“Conservative, liberal or otherwise,” he continued, “that’s what makes a democracy a democracy versus a dictatorship. I think there is a vastly different model when it comes to government and what should be expected, and that’s on both sides.”

[Solly Mack]

1. K&R

[suffragette]

6. Hasn't taken them long to get to this.

[Solly Mack]

8. and they'll get worse as more "leaks" come out.

The real ugly is coming.

[suffragette]

10. Working for the Clampdown

https://m.

"In these days of evil presidentes
Working for the clampdown"

[world wide wally]

2. And then he attacked them with his podium

[Ken Burch]

3. Guess we'll be seeing Melissa McCarthy again soon.

[suffragette]

9. SNL's reporter cage will be very crowded now.

[muriel_volestrangler]

4. Reuters got it right last month: Covering Trump the Reuters Way

The first 12 days of the Trump presidency (yes, that’s all it’s been!) have been memorable for all – and especially challenging for us in the news business. It’s not every day that a U.S. president calls journalists “among the most dishonest human beings on earth” or that his chief strategist dubs the media “the opposition party.” It’s hardly surprising that the air is thick with questions and theories about how to cover the new Administration.
...
To state the obvious, Reuters is a global news organization that reports independently and fairly in more than 100 countries, including many in which the media is unwelcome and frequently under attack. I am perpetually proud of our work in places such as Turkey, the Philippines, Egypt, Iraq, Yemen, Thailand, China, Zimbabwe, and Russia, nations in which we sometimes encounter some combination of censorship, legal prosecution, visa denials, and even physical threats to our journalists. We respond to all of these by doing our best to protect our journalists, by recommitting ourselves to reporting fairly and honestly, by doggedly gathering hard-to-get information – and by remaining impartial. We write very rarely about ourselves and our troubles and very often about the issues that will make a difference in the businesses and lives of our readers and viewers.

We don’t know yet how sharp the Trump administration’s attacks will be over time or to what extent those attacks will be accompanied by legal restrictions on our news-gathering. But we do know that we must follow the same rules that govern our work anywhere, namely:

Do’s:

Cover what matters in people’s lives and provide them the facts they need to make better decisions.
Become ever-more resourceful: If one door to information closes, open another one.
Give up on hand-outs and worry less about official access. They were never all that valuable anyway. Our coverage of Iran has been outstanding, and we have virtually no official access. What we have are sources.
Get out into the country and learn more about how people live, what they think, what helps and hurts them, and how the government and its actions appear to them, not to us.
Keep the Thomson Reuters Trust Principles close at hand, remembering that “the integrity, independence and freedom from bias of Reuters shall at all times be fully preserved.”
...
http://www.reuters.com/article/rpb-adlertrump-idUSKBN15F276

[suffragette]

7. Yes they did. And their write-up about their method provides a viable blueprint for other

news organizations to follow.

[randome]

5. "The President has repeatedly said he did not 'ban' the media."

"Since the President understands their industry better than they do, he felt their resources were better spent elsewhere. I don't understand why you gibbering monkeys don't report that. NOW EAT MY PODIUM!"