- In December, Spicer said barring media access is what a ‘dictatorship’ does. Today, he barred media access. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2017/02/24/in-december-spicer-said-barring-media-access-is-what-a-dictatorship-does-today-he-barred-media-access/?postshare=4461487971642629&tid=ss_tw 516 comments politics