Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump Monday announced that he was revoking media credentials of The Washington Post to cover his campaign.
Trump made the announcement on Facebook, saying that the move was because of the Post’s “incredibly inaccurate coverage.”
The candidate objected to a headline on a Washington Post article from earlier Monday that insinuated Trump had said President Barack Obama was responsible for the Orlando mass shooting.
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The headline was later changed to “Donald Trump seems to connect President Obama to Orlando shooting” but the original article URL remains. Trump made the following comments in a Fox News interview:
"Look, we're led by a man that either is not tough, not smart, or he's got something else in mind. And the something else in mind — you know, people can't believe it. People cannot, they cannot believe that President Obama is acting the way he acts and can't even mention the words 'radical Islamic terrorism.' There's something going on. It's inconceivable. There's something going on."
The Post said the Trump campaign’s decision would not impact the paper’s coverage of the presidential race.
"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,” Post executive editor Marty Baron said. “When coverage doesn't correspond to what the candidate wants it to be, then a news organization is banished. The Post will continue to cover Donald Trump as it has all along — honorably, honestly, accurately, energetically and unflinchingly. We're proud of our coverage, and we're going to keep at it."
Trump has also revoked media credentials of BuzzFeed, The Daily Beast and The Huffington Post.
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