White House banned reporters of the leading news outlets from a media briefing of spokesperson Sean Spicer on Friday.

CNN, The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, Politico, BuzzFeed, the BBC and the Guardian were in a “black list”.

Meanwhile Breitbart News, One America News Network and Washington Times were allowed to attend. The ban also did not affect major TV companies – ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox. Some media outlets, including Associated Press refused to cover the briefing in solidarity with their colleagues.