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   On March first, Trump blocked some correspondents from news sources to come and see his meeting or State of the Union Address. Even though some sources like CNN, the New York Times, Politico, and Buzzfeed weren't allowed in other conservative or news sources that supported his new administration like Fox News, Washington Times. Others that were allowed were ABC, CBS, NBC, the Wallstreet Journal, Time, and the Associated Press. Since Trump blocked some news outlets from seeing either event Time and the Associated Press did not attend as a sort of protest against Trump's decision on letting some news outlets attend but not all. Trump did not let some of these news outlets attend because of all the stuff he's had to deal with like all of the leaks that have happened which have affected Trump, his staff, and some of our foreign relations. Even with all the protesting and shaming that is going around about Trump and the news sources who didn't attend there isn't really anything that can be done about it. He simply didn't want them to show up so just by some odd chance another leak didn't happen. 

   This article relates to what we are talking about in our class currently because it is about media. The reason Trump blocked out some of the news sources is because of their roles in the media. They acted as a gatekeeper by keeping news about Trump and his administration at the top of the page. They also acted as a watchdog by digging up things about him and his staff like his connections with Russia and its leader, along with countless other top secret things that have been leaked. The reason none of these news outlets are in trouble is because of the first amendment protecting their right of free speech and press. Since Trump is being watched about twenty-four seven by these news watchdogs, one slip and a sound bite will be made and make him look even worse than he does now.

   I think that there should be a little more restriction on what the news can cover and do to get its stories. I do question why Trump didn't allow certain news sources to come and cover what was going on unless he either has a grudge or something to hide. The fact that top secret information was leaked out to news sources is concerning for how well we are protected from dangers whether they be from the US or from another country. This whole ordeal with Trump not letting a few news sources to cover his meeting and address has been blown up to be bigger than it should be. It isn't a very big deal at all that some sources didn't get coverage they could go cover another story somewhere else that could put light on bigger issues rather than who's allowed coverage or not.