Excluded from WH Briefing

White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer defended Friday’s press gaggle, which restricted the number of journalists present.

According to an audio recording of the briefing circulated by the pool, when Spicer was asked whether he was playing favorites by excluding outlets such as The New York Times, CNN, BBC, and the Los Angeles Times, among others, he said he “disagreed with the premise of the question,” but added that the White House had “shown an abundance of accessibility.”