Quote:Yes, the Obama administration did indeed try to exclude Fox News back in 2009 from access to administration officials. I'm sure you would have been outraged had you had a clue, right?


The administration also targeted Fox News reporters, going so far as to spy on James Rosen back in 2010, trying to intimidate his coverage of the Clinton State Department and reporting on a particular incident with North Korea. They went so far as to bug his phones and capture his emails, and even bug the phones of family and friends.


The Trump administration trying to block CNN or other outlets who have really done a lousy job of hiding their bias is ham handed at best, but at the end of the day, those outlets are still in the room. They were excluded from an informal, off camera gaggle held in the press secretary's office after the regular press briefing. All of the outlets were in attendance at the press briefing today. Presumably, the administration was sending a message about the perceived false/slanted reporting that has been coming from these outlets.


Obama spent 8 years railing about Fox News and their bias. I don't recall seeing you soiling yourself over his attacks of a media outlet even once during that time.