白宫记者协会（WHCA）主席Jacqui Heinrich周三谴责白宫决定限制一名记者报道特朗普总统的权限，此前该总统本周早些时候在椭圆形办公室对该记者大发雷霆。
White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) President Jacqui Heinrich on Wednesday condemned the White House’s decision to restrict a journalist’s access to cover President Trump after the president lashed out at him in the Oval Office earlier this week.
《独立报》记者Andrew Feinberg原定于周四担任印刷记者池的记者。Feinberg称，白宫将他从包括随总统出行在内的职责中撤下。
Andrew Feinberg, a correspondent for The Independent, was scheduled to serve as the print pool reporter on Thursday. The White House pulled him from this duty, which included traveling with the president, according to Feinberg.
Heinrich在声明中说：“白宫记者协会强烈反对仅因总统不喜欢记者的提问而限制记者报道的决定。”
“The White House Correspondents’ Association strongly objects to the decision to restrict a journalist’s coverage simply because the president didn’t care for their questioning,” Heinrich said in a statement.
这位福克斯新闻记者继续说：“这是一种报复。美国公众享有独立新闻的权利，取决于记者能够不惧怕因质疑总统而被切断渠道而开展工作。”白宫发言人在周三晚与《国会山报》共享的声明中为此举辩护。
“That is retaliation,” the Fox News correspondent continued. “The American public’s right to an independent press depends on reporters being able to do their jobs without fear that challenging the president will cut off their access.”A White House spokesperson defended the move in a statement shared with The Hill on Wednesday evening.
发言人说：“没有任何人和记者拥有宪法赋予的进入总统椭圆形办公室、空军一号或其他敏感私人设施的权利。当出版物撒谎、捏造并忽视真相时，接近这些设施的意义就会降低，他们可以在这些安全设施之外写他们的虚构作品。”
“No person and no journalist has a constitutional right to access the President’s Oval Office, Air Force One, or other sensitive and private facilities,” the spokesperson said. “When publications lie, fabricate, and ignore the truth, proximity matters less and they can write their fiction from outside of these secure facilities.”
白宫的决定紧随总统周二在椭圆形办公室与Feinberg的冲突之后，当时特朗普称该记者为“病人”。在Feinberg开始就总统拥有的高尔夫球场向其提问后，特朗普打断了他。“安静。安静。你怎么了？你是病人吗？”特朗普回答。“不，我认为其实是你有问题，”他随后补充道。
The White House’s decision followed the president’s clash with Feinberg in the Oval Office on Tuesday, in which Trump called the reporter a “sick person.”Shortly after Feinberg began to ask the president a question about the golf courses he owned, Trump cut him off. “Quiet. Quiet. What’s wrong with you? Are you a sick person?”Trump replied. “No, I think there’s actually something wrong with you,” he added later.
范伯格在一篇详述此事的文章中写道，这段交锋发生在他此前就政府新设的欺诈“举报热线”向总统提问之后。副总统万斯在社交媒体上转发了这段互动，并给视频配上文字：“唐纳德·J·特朗普总统痛斥在白宫椭圆形办公室行为不端的白痴‘记者’安德鲁·费恩伯格。”费恩伯格在一则帖文中回应：“副总统先生，如果你要侮辱我，至少得有胆量标注我的账号。”
Feinberg wrote in an article detailing the situation that this exchange followed his earlier question to the president about the administration’s new fraud “tip line.”Vice President Vance shared the interaction on social media, captioning the clip: “President Donald J. Trump eviscerates imbecile ‘journalist’ Andrew Feinberg for misbehaving in the Oval Office.”“Mr. Vice President, if you’re going to insult me at least have the guts to tag my account,” Feinberg replied in a post.
此外，白宫官方“快速反应47”账号也转发了这段视频，并在配文中用针对发育障碍人士的蔑称来形容费恩伯格。白宫记者协会此前曾谴责特朗普政府因对媒体报道有不同意见而限制记者的做法。上月，政府禁止三家新闻机构进入白宫，此举招致广泛谴责，并引发对报道总统日常活动的抵制。在联邦法官下令立即恢复CNN、MS NOW和《政治报》记者进入白宫的权限后，这些记者最终获准重返白宫。
Additionally, the White House’s official “Rapid Response 47” account reshared the clip and used a slur for people with developmental disabilities in the caption to describe Feinberg. The WHCA has previously condemned the Trump administration’s efforts to restrict reporters over disagreements with media coverage. The administration’s decision to bar three news organizations last month from the White House drew widespread condemnation and a boycott on covering the president’s daily activities. Journalists for CNN, MS NOW and Politico were ultimately granted access back into the White House after a federal judge ordered their access be immediately restored.