Hannity: It's Time To Reevaluate The Press And How The White House Interacts With Them

Fox News commentator Sean Hannity shares his view that the Trump administration should change the way the White House interacts with the media in response to the biased coverage he received during the election. "Until members of the media come clean about working with the Clinton campaign, and admit that they knowingly broke every ethical standard that they are supposed to uphold, they should not have the privilege" of covering the White House, Hannity said. "They should not have the responsibility of covering the president on behalf of you." <blockquote>SEAN HANNITY: Amazing how wrong so many were. Earlier today president-elect Trump met with the <i>New York Times</i>. I'm sure they were trying t smooth things over with Mr. Trump after their unrelenting negative coverage of his campaign. Now, Mr. Trump should keep in mind that a few days before this meeting, that paper praised former Obama adviser, now a CNN contributor, Van Jones as a "star" of the 2016 campaign. The same Van Jones who was a member of the 'alt radical left' and who viciously attacked Donald Trump on a consistent basis... All of this gets to my larger point tonight: I 2008, you may remember, I said journalism was dead. This election now shows it was far worse than any of us ever thought. WikiLeaks revealed rampant corruption between the media and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign. We now know that interim DNC Chair Donna Brazile, from the Clinton campaign, gave them multiple debate questions. That's called cheating. CNN was soliciting the DNC for questions that they should ask Donald Trump, Ted Cruz and Carly Fiorina during their interviews. Reporters asked the Clinton campaign for approval before publishing their stories. So-called journalists allowed the Clinton campaign to edit quotes. Over at CNBC, John Harwood was offering the Clinton campaign advice and bragged about "going after" Trump in a debate that he was moderating. Worst of all, WikiLeaks exposed how dozens of journalists from every major news network, except the Fox News Channel, were invited to be wined and dined at Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta's house. Donald Trump should keep all of that in mind. The media already had its chance to cover Donald Trump fairly, and they blew it. In my opinion, it is time to reevaluate the role of the press in this country. And maybe it is time to change the traditional relationship that the press will have with the White House. In this day and age of Twitter and Facebook and Instagram, does Trump really need to be granting access to biased journalists who openly oppose him? Look at the <a href="http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2016/11/21/a_message_from_president-elect_trump_introducing_policy_plans.html">video the president-elect released yesterday</a>. It was detailing actions he would take on key issues during his first 100 days in office. Trump can do this and speak directly to you, the American people, without having his words twisted and taken out of context. Until members of the media come clean about working with the Clinton campaign, and admit that they knowingly broke every ethical standard that they are supposed to uphold, they should not have the privilege. They should not have the responsibility of covering the president on behalf of you. </blockquote>