By Mona Austin
The White House on Friday tightened restrictions against the Associated Press when a reporter and photographer were barred from traveling on Air Force 1, allegedly on the spot. A source familiar with the situation said the pair of journalists were turned away.
White House Communications Director Taylor Burovich said in a statement that the First Amendment does not give them unfettered access to the Oval or the president's plane -- saying being in both spaces is a privilege that will be made available to the "many thousands of reporters that have been barred from having access.
Critics are saying the Trumk White House is attempting to operate as state run media.
The global news organization had been barred from Oval Office coverage earlier in the week AP announced it would continue referring to the Gulf of Mexico by its original name rather than the Gulf of America refusing to acknowledge the new name Trump had chosen.
The AP is expected to sue to restore Constitutional protections.