NY Times defends WSJ after White House ban from press pool: ‘simple retribution’
The Times says Trump punished the Wall Street Journal over Epstein reporting in a move that endangers free speech
The New York Times is defending the Wall Street Journal after the Trump administration decided to bar the global outlet from the White House press pool following its investigative coverage of ties between Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein.
In the public statement, a Times spokesperson said the White House’s actions represented “simple retribution by a president against a news organization for doing reporting that he doesn’t like”, warning that “such actions deprive Americans of information about how their government operates”.
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