President Donald Trump is making another move against his least-favoured sections of the media by deciding to cancel government subscriptions to The New York Times and The Washington Post.
The White House is preparing to instruct federal agencies not to renew their subscriptions to the two papers.
White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham has insisted the move is a cost-saving measure, saying “not renewing subscriptions across all federal agencies will be a significant cost saving for taxpayers — hundreds of thousands of dollars”.
However, Mr Trump, who is often critical of the two papers, told Fox News on Monday that “we don’t want” the Times in the White House anymore, and “we’re going to probably terminate that and The Washington Post”.
Jonathan Karl, president of the White House Correspondents’ Association, said: “Pretending to ignore the work of a free press won’t make the news go away or stop reporters from informing the public and holding those in power accountable.”
