白宮的媒體封殺令 | 紐約時報

08-04

WASHINGTON — Journalists from The New York Times and several other news organizations were prohibited from attending a briefing by President Trump』s press secretary on Friday, a highly unusual breach of relations between the White House and its press corps.

周五，特朗普的新聞官禁止《紐約時報》和其他一些新聞機構參加吹風會，白宮和媒體公司間關係破裂之劇極不尋常。

Reporters from The Times, BuzzFeed News, CNN, The Los Angeles Times and Politico were not allowed to enter the West Wing office of the press secretary, Sean M. Spicer, for the scheduled briefing. Aides to Mr. Spicer only allowed in reporters from a handpicked group of news organizations that, the White House said, had been previously confirmed.

《紐約時報》、Buzzfeed新聞、CNN、《洛杉磯時報》、《政客》的記者不允許進入新聞官肖恩·斯派塞在白宮西翼的例行吹風會。斯派塞的幕僚只允許白宮此前確認的指定媒體記者進入。

Those organizations included Breitbart News, the One America News Network and The Washington Times, all with conservative leanings. Journalists from ABC, CBS, The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, and Fox News also attended.

獲准進入的媒體機構包括布萊巴特新聞、全體美國新聞網和《華盛頓時報》，它們都具有保守主義傾向。ABC、CBS、《華爾街日報》、彭博和福克斯新聞的記者也參加了吹風會。

Reporters from Time magazine and The Associated Press, who were set to be allowed in, chose not to attend the briefing in protest of the White House』s actions.

《時代周刊》和美聯社的記者本可以進入，但選擇不參加記者會，以抗議白宮的行為。

「Nothing like this has ever happened at the White House in our long history of covering multiple administrations of different parties,」 Dean Baquet, the executive editor of The Times, said in a statement. 「We strongly protest the exclusion of The New York Times and the other news organizations. Free media access to a transparent government is obviously of crucial national interest.」

「我們報道兩黨多各個政府多年，白宮還從沒出國這等事。」《紐約時報》總編迪恩·巴克特在聲明中說。「我們強烈反對驅逐《紐約時報》和其他新聞機構。透明的政府供媒體自由接觸，這顯然關乎國家核心利益。」

The White House Correspondents』 Association, which represents the press corps, quickly rebuked the White House』s actions.

代表媒體公司說話的白宮記者協會立刻斥責了白宮的行為。

「The W.H.C.A. board is protesting strongly against how today』s gaggle is being handled by the White House,」 the association president, Jeff Mason, said in a statement. 「We encourage the organizations that were allowed in to share the material with others in the press corps who were not. The board will be discussing this further with White House staff.」

「白宮記者協會強烈反對白宮處理今天記者會的方法。」協會主席傑夫·梅森在聲明中說。「我們鼓勵進入媒體和其他沒有進入的新聞媒體分享素材。協會將與白宮工作人員進一步商磋。」

The White House move came hours after Mr. Trump delivered a slashing attack on the news media in a speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference. The president denounced news organizations as 「dishonest」 purveyors of 「fake news」 and mocked journalists for claiming free speech rights.

白宮做出此舉的數小時前，特朗普在保守主義政治行動大會上大批新聞媒體。總統譴責新聞機構是「虛假新聞」的「狡詐的」承銷商，嘲笑記者自稱擁有言論自由。

「They always bring up the First Amendment,」 Mr. Trump said to cheers.

「他們就會提憲法第一修正案。」特朗普的話博了個滿堂彩。

A White House spokeswoman, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, played down the events in an email on Friday afternoon.

白宮發言人薩拉·哈科比·桑德斯周五下午在郵件中為這些事件洗地。

「We invited the pool so everyone was represented,」 Ms. Sanders wrote. 「We decided to add a couple of additional people beyond the pool. Nothing more than that.」

「我們邀請的記者團中，大家都有所代表。」桑德斯寫道。「我們決定讓圈外的人也能進來，別無他意。」

Mr. Spicer』s small-group Friday session, known as a gaggle, was scheduled as a no-camera event, less formal than his usual briefings that are carried live on cable news. But past administrations have not hand-selected outlets that can attend such sessions.

斯派塞周五的小範圍吹風會，被稱為喧嘩會，這裡禁止拍照，沒有一般的吹風會那麼正式，後者一般要電視直播。但以往的政府並未挑選出席這種會議的新聞機構。

「It was clear that they let in a lot of news outlets with less reach who are Trump-friendly,」 said Noah Bierman, a White House reporter for The Los Angeles Times, who was barred. 「They let in almost every network but CNN. That』s concerning, the handpicking aspect of it.」

「很顯然，他們讓很多親特朗普的小媒體進去。」被禁止入內的《洛杉磯時報》白宮記者諾亞·畢爾曼說。「他們讓除CNN之外的幾乎所有電視台都進去了。這令人擔憂，實際上就是在挑選媒體。」

Two of the barred outlets, CNN and The Times, have been a particular focus of Mr. Trump』s ire. And during the presidential campaign, some journalists from BuzzFeed News and Politico were prohibited from attending Trump rallies.

兩個被禁媒體——CNN和《紐約時報》尤其讓特朗普惱火。在總統大選中，BuzzFeed新聞和《政客》的某些記者也被禁止參加特朗普競選集會。

Representatives of the barred news organizations made clear that they believed the White House』s actions on Friday were punitive.

被禁媒體代表表明，他們相信白宮周五的行為是懲罰性的。

「Apparently this is how they retaliate when you report facts they don』t like,」 CNN said in a statement.

「顯然，你報道他們不喜歡的事實，他們就這樣報復你。」CNN在聲明中說。

Ben Smith, editor in chief of BuzzFeed, called it 「the White House』s apparent attempt to punish news outlets whose coverage it does not like.」

BuzzFeed總編本·史密斯說，這「顯然是白宮在懲罰新聞媒體，那些媒體報道了他們不喜歡的新聞。」