Spicer in December:<p>"We have a respect for the press, when it comes to the government, that that is something that you can't ban an entity from, conservative, liberal or otherwise. I think that's what makes a democracy a democracy versus a dictatorship."<p><a href="https://twitter.com/kenvogel/status/835219520541364225" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/kenvogel/status/835219520541364225</a>
Of course, they are just protecting the people from lies about the glorious leader, and from counter-revolutionaries trying to disturb with inappropriate questions.