Breitbart Has Been Denied Permanent Congressional Press Passes For Now

[sunonmars]

https://www.buzzfeed.com/stevenperlberg/breitbart-denied-congressional-press-passes-for-the-time?utm_term=.cuvBqW9N6#.mbYmq5QE2

WASHINGTON — Breitbart News isn’t getting permanent press credentials on Capitol Hill just yet.

On Monday, the standing committee of correspondents of the US Senate Daily Press Gallery — a group of five reporters at traditional media outlets — declined to grant Breitbart "hard passes" to report more easily within the halls of Congress until the right-wing news site can provide more information. The committee in particular wants Breitbart to clarify links to conservative nonprofit Government Accountability Institute as well as the involvement of Rebekah Mercer, whose family is an investor in the site.

The decision follows last month’s meeting, where Breitbart CEO Larry Solov was asked by committee members to write a letter outlining the involvement of Steve Bannon, the senior White House adviser who used to run the company. Late Thursday, the night before the meeting was supposed to take place (it was moved to Monday because of the scrapped health care vote), Solov sent a letter stating that Bannon had resigned "on or about November 13, 2016" and that he has "no editorial, executive, financial or other role or interest" in Breitbart News.

[ailsagirl]

1. "permanent" means forever

Wish that were the case