http://www.businessinsider.com/infowars-granted-white-house-press-credentials-2017-5
Conspiracy outlet InfoWars was granted temporary White House press credentials
>Far-right website InfoWars was granted temporary White House press credentials on Monday.
>Jerome Corsi, the Washington, DC bureau chief for the site that's known for its propagation of conspiracy theories about the September 11 terrorist attacks and the Sandy Hook shooting, tweeted a picture of himself inside the White House press briefing room.
>The outlet was reportedly granted only day-long press credentials, which are far easier to receive and viewed as less prestigious than a permanent pass.
>Further, Corsi's pass came on a day when the president was traveling and there wouldn't be a formal briefing with press secretary Sean Spicer. Director of the Office of Management and Budget Mick Mulvaney will hold a briefing Monday afternoon.
>Monday wasn't the first time an InfoWars reporter attended a press briefing, nor is it likely to be the last.
>Reporter Mike Cernovich, an inflammatory right-wing provocateur, attended a briefing in April before it was announced that he would join InfoWars. Cernovich suggested earlier this month that he and InfoWars founder Alex Jones may attend a briefing in the future, though the White House denied it offered Jones credentials in January when he claimed he was offered a press pass.
>A number of right-wing reporters and outlets have attended recent White House press briefings. The Gateway Pundit has frequently dispatched a reporter specifically to troll the White House press corps.
>Neither the White House nor the White House Correspondents Association immediately returned Business Insider's request for comment about whether InfoWars has applied for or received a permanent White House press credential.
