DOJ defends White House press bans citing professionalism — SkimNews
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- Justice Department lawyers are fighting CNN, MS NOW, and Politico's legal bid to prevent the administration from enforcing future press bans against them, with the DOJ arguing the three outlets failed to meet 'professional' standards.
- The White House concluded the outlets fell short of those standards, according to a quote in the filing cut off at 'The President concluded that they…', making this an explicitly presidential-rather-than-staff-level judgment of the news organizations.
Why it matters: The administration is asking a court to bless a framework that lets it pick and choose which credentialed outlets cover the president, with the DOJ's 'professionalism' standard setting the legal predicate for future selective access. If upheld, any White House could revoke press passes of outlets whose coverage it deems subpar.
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