In an audio recording, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer responded to reporter inquiries after several news organizations were blocked from a press gaggle held in his office Friday. News outlets like CNN, the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, POLITICO and BuzzFeed were among those omitted.
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