“President-elect Trump continues to be a force of disruption in the relationship between the office and traditional news media but that doesn't mean this a satisfying development,” Hanley said. “He is amplifying the preexisting tension baked into relationship between the president and the traditional White House press over what seems to be a personal grudge rather than a desire to expand transparency and encourage a new generation of journalists outside the mainstream to report on the White House."

"That would be revolutionary, but what president-elect Trump is doing is simply reverting to his shopworn pattern of using his political standing to settle scores, ancient and new alike," remarked Hanley.

If you are interested in speaking to Hanley, please call John Pettit, assistant director of public relations, at 203-415-7370 (cell) or 203-582-8580 (office).