Everyone is entitled to my opinion.

Only the favored journalists will be given tidbits, allowed access. Soon all journalists will be bowing and scraping, kneeling or begging for a bone—any bone. Those who generate “news” that criticizes the administration, access will be denied, of course. It only takes one or two of the best journalists to fall for the others to get the picture. It’s called training. 

I would not be surprised if Trumpers go so far as to hand out deliberate misinformation, which the opposition press dogs will file and publish as real, only to be embarrassed when the administration’s lackeys show the story based on completely non-existent, so-called “facts.” That strategy would help Trumpers to convince the public that the opposition press, these evil liars, twist the facts to make up fake news stories. 

In my opinion, the Trumpers are waging war on our democratic principles, freedom of the press, speech, and everything else we hold dear. I do not believe there will be civil discourse or fairness. In war, the point is to confuse, divert, weaken, and defeat the opponent in any way possible. Destroying faith in the press drives people away, makes them suspect everything they read or hear. Makes them stop paying attention to the news and the events around them.

This is how demagogues play it. It gives them total freedom to do what they want in the shadows and back rooms. They relish the secrecy. That’s why they push the press out. 

Secrecy: Doorway to Covert Operations in America
January 15, 2017

Trumpers want to remove the press corps from the White House. Good idea if you want a closed government, if you want to plan and execute covert actions without public scrutiny. By exiling the press corps, Trumpers can play “divide and conquer,” as they begin the process of choosing up sides as if this is a school game.