Trump Banned BuzzFeed Reporter From Speech, Credentialed InfoWars
InfoWars Is The Nation's Leading Conspiracy Theory Website
Written by Matt Gertz
Published
BuzzFeed’s D.C. bureau chief reported on Twitter that he was barred from attending Donald Trump’s June 7 speech.
Well that's a new one. Wasn't even let on the premises of trump's golf course for his press conference.
— john r stanton (@dcbigjohn) June 8, 2016
On a serious note. I've been a reporter for almost 20 years, and I've never been barred from attending a press conference until tonight
— john r stanton (@dcbigjohn) June 8, 2016
And I've pissed off a whole rack of petty, small minded politicians
— john r stanton (@dcbigjohn) June 8, 2016
Trump’s campaign did provide credentials to InfoWars, the conspiracy theory website headed by Alex Jones.
Jones has heavily promoted Trump’s campaign on his show. In return, Trump has personally praised Jones’ “amazing” reputation, and Roger Stone, a key Trump ally, regularly appears on Jones’ show. Jones is a self-described “founding father” of the “9/11 truth movement” who believes that the terrorist attacks were a “false flag.” Jones has also suggested that the government orchestrated a variety of horrific events including the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting, the Boston Marathon bombing, and the Aurora, CO, movie theater shooting.
The Trump campaign’s banning of Stanton from its event is part of its larger war on the media. In addition to regularly banning reporters from his events after their outlets publish pieces damaging to his campaign, the presumptive Republican candidate has pledged to “open up our libel laws,” threatened to retaliate against media outlets with the power of government agencies, issued scathing personal insults against journalists, and repeatedly sued or threatened to sue media figures.