Trump Bans Follow-Up Questions - New 'Dictatorial' Rules for White House Reporters
"The White House belongs to the public, not the president, and the job of the press is to ask hard questions, not to be polite," ACLU declared in response to the rules
By Jake Johnson
November 20, 2018 "Information Clearing House" - The Trump White House conceded defeat in its authoritarian effort to revoke CNN reporter Jim Acosta's press credentials on Monday, but with that concession came yet another attack on the media's ability to simply do its job—this time in the form of press "decorum" rules that one commentator denounced as "dictatorial."
According to the new restrictions—which were met with a mixture of bafflement and outrage by reporters and civil libertarians—journalists will only be permitted to ask a "single question" with no follow-ups, unless explicitly allowed by Trump or the White House official running the press briefing.
Reporters will then be required to yield the floor by "physically surrendering" the microphone to White House staff.
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