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News, Times, other media barred after Trump vows ‘fake news’ fight

background sourcing that Trump routinely complains about.

“There’s an opportunity, there’s a way to use background sourcing to be able to have a much more robust discussion about some things,” Spicer said, according to an audio recording of the meeting. “There’s a big difference between (that and) making serious allegations, us coming back on the record and reporters saying, ‘Well, we have five sources that are unnamed that say contrary to that.’”

Reporters offer to let sources talk on background to protect them from retaliation, especially from their bosses, on sensitive topics. The types of government sources that the Times and CNN have used for background information could be fired and even jailed for