--- title: Donald Trump Revokes Washington Post's Press Credentials description: Donald Trump has revoked the Washington Post's press credentials to his events, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee announced canonical: https://time.com/4367449/donald-trump-washington-post-press-credentials/ author: Sarah Begley article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-06-13T21:43:36.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:46:03.863Z article:section: Politics og:title: Donald Trump Revokes Washington Post's Press Credentials og:description: The decision is one in a series that bar reporters from Trump's events og:url: https://time.com/4367449/donald-trump-washington-post-press-credentials/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbb69679b2c465b7f/698897a23c163940ab45d9f6/donald-trump.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3400 og:image:height: 1913 og:image:alt: Donald Trump Delivers Speech In Manchester, New Hamoshire og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Donald Trump Revokes Washington Post's Press Credentials twitter:description: The decision is one in a series that bar reporters from Trump's events twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbb69679b2c465b7f/698897a23c163940ab45d9f6/donald-trump.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Donald Trump Revokes Washington _Post_ Press Credentials > Sponsored content. 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Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at Saint Anselm College June 13, 2016 in Manchester, New Hampshire. Darren McCollester—Getty Images by [Sarah Begley](https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Jun 13, 2016 9:43 PM UTC [Donald Trump](https://www.facebook.com/DonaldTrump/posts/10157164117925725) has revoked the Washington _Post_‘s press credentials to his events, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee announced Monday. “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 wrote [in a Facebook post](https://www.facebook.com/DonaldTrump/posts/10157164117925725). The _Post’s_ executive editor Martin Baron said in a statement, “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.” The decision is one in a series by Trump that have barred reporters from covering campaign events if he and his team see the outlet as “unfair” or critical of him. In July, a reporter for the [Des Moines _Register_](http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/elections/presidential/caucus/2015/07/24/trump-barring-des-moines-register-campaign-event/30645343/) was prevented from attending a campaign event after the paper ran a critical editorial about Trump. In October, journalists from [Univision](http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/257982-trump-bars-univision-from-covering-campaign-event) (whose anchor Jorge Ramos famously sparred with Trump) were kept out of an event in Florida. In November, a CNN reporter said campaign manager Corey Lewandowski told him he’d be “blacklisted” if he didn’t get back inside of a media pen at an event. A day later, a [Buzzfeed reporter](http://new.www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-campaign-bars-buzzfeed-reporter-from-iowa-event%5Fus%5F564e578be4b0258edb30d305) was denied access to an event. In January, a [New York ](http://www.politico.com/blogs/on-media/2016/01/trump-ejects-new-york-times-reporter-from-event-217857)[_Times_](http://www.politico.com/blogs/on-media/2016/01/trump-ejects-new-york-times-reporter-from-event-217857)reporter was asked to leave an event (while other members of the press were allowed to stay). And in March, a [Politico](http://www.politico.com/blogs/on-media/2016/03/ben-schreckinger-denied-access-donald-trump-220836) reporter was not permitted to attend a press conference at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club. It’s also not the first time Trump has[ taken aim ](http://money.cnn.com/2016/05/13/technology/donald-trump-jeff-bezos-amazon/)at the Washington _Post_ and its owner, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. In a series of [Tweets](http://money.cnn.com/2015/12/07/investing/donald-trump-amazon-taxes/?iid=EL) in December, Trump said, among other things, “The @washingtonpost, which loses a fortune, is owned by @JeffBezos for purposes of keeping taxes down at his no profit company, @amazon.” Bezos responded to the attack [lightheartedly](https://twitter.com/JeffBezos/status/674008204838199297?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw). In a December [interview](http://time.com/4140698/donald-trump-interview/), TIME asked Trump, “Could you assure that even news outlets that you feel are being very unfair to you will continue to have their credentials at the White House if you’re elected President?” He replied, “Oh yeah, I would do that. It doesn’t mean I’d be nice to them. I tend to do what I do. 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