USA Today Washington bureau chief Susan Page became the latest high-profile reporter to sound alarm bells over the President Obama’s treatment of the political press, claiming his administration is the “most dangerous” to press freedom in United States history.
Page spoke at a panel on the future of the press in Washington D.C. “This administration has been more restrictive and more challenging to the press — more dangerous to the press, really — than any administration in American history, in terms of legal investigations and so on. And I think access to the White House has just gotten worse and worse.”
“And I’m worried that whatever happens with this administration, that’s the new floor for the next administration,” she added.
Billed as the most transparent in history, the Obama administration frequently denies the White House press corps access to routine meetings and basic photo ops. Fox News reporter James Rosen was indicted by Eric Holder’s Department of Justice as a “co-conspirator” in leaking confidential State Department information. And New York Times reporter James Risen is being threatened with jail time for his own refusal to reveal a source.
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