Donald Trump Revokes The Washington Post's Press Credentials

Marty Baron calls it a "repudiation of the role of a free and independent press."

On his Facebook page, Donald Trump, sounding like something halfway between Holden Caulfield and a cult-of-personality authoritarian nursing a bruised ego, issued a statement announcing the Trump campaign was revoking the Washington Post’s press credentials. “Based on the incredibly inaccurate coverage and reporting of the record setting Trump campaign,” the post read, “we are hereby revoking the press credentials of the phony and dishonest Washington Post.”

Washington Post executive editor Marty Baron responded in a statement:

Donald Trump’s decision to revoke The Washington Post’s press credentials is nothing less than a repudiation of the role of a free and independent press.

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