Trump Campaign Revoking Press Credentials To Washington Post Over Story
MANCHESTER, N.H. (CBSNewYork/AP) -- Donald Trump says his presidential campaign is revoking credentials provided to The Washington Post.
Trump writes on his Facebook page that, "Based on the incredibly inaccurate coverage and reporting of the record setting Trump campaign, we are hereby revoking the press credentials of the phony and dishonest Washington Post."
He writes that he's "no fan of" President Barack Obama, but faults the Post for a headline posted Monday that he says read, "Donald Trump suggests President Obama was involved with Orlando shooting."
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Trump called the newspaper "dishonest" and "phony."
The headline on the story Monday afternoon read, "Donald Trump seems to connect President Obama to Orlando shooting."
Trump said in an interview on Fox News Channel Monday morning that when it comes to fighting terrorism, the president "doesn't get it or, or he gets it better than anybody understands."
Post spokeswoman Kristine Coratti Kelly says the headline was changed shortly after the story posted "to more properly reflect what Trump said." She adds, "We did so on our own; the Trump campaign never contacted us about it."
A Post photographer and reporter attended Trump's speech in New Hampshire Monday afternoon without issue.
In a statement, Post editor Martin Baron says, "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. 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's campaign has revoked credentials from other news outlets including The Daily Beast, BuzzFeed, Politico and the Des Moines Register.
His campaign reiterated its decision in a statement late Monday evening.
"We no longer feel compelled to work with a publication which has put its need for `clicks' above journalistic integrity," it read.
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