Media warns: Clinton, Trump are both threats to free press

Published July 14, 2016 8:16pm ET



Presumptive Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and her likely general election opponent, Donald Trump, both pose a threat to the free press, the White House Correspondents Association warned Thursday.

The WHCA’s outgoing president, Carol Lee, and its incoming chief, Jeff Mason, said Thursday they have been “alarmed by the treatment of the press in the 2016 presidential campaign.”

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