Brian Stelter: Trump’s White House Press Ban Is a Little Bit Like Article 5, a Ban of One Is Being Treated Like a Ban of Everyone

RUSH EXCERPT:

STELTER: “No, not at all. I mean, you know, this is a little bit of a tortured analogy, but we all know about NATO and Article 5, the idea that an attack on one is an attack on all. Well, that‘s a very hard concept to have in a competitive environment like the news media, where there are so many rivalries, where newsroom bosses are competing for talent and for traffic and for stories and for scoops. But today has a feeling, a little bit like Article 5, where a ban of one is being treated like a ban of everyone. So when you have still photographers not distributing their photos, when you have NPR not airing the audio, when you have the TV pool not filling in for CNN, something has changed today and I think it‘s going to be this way tomorrow as well. Caitlin.”