The White House excluded several major US news organisations, including some it has criticised, from an off-camera briefing held by the White House Press Secretary yesterday. <br/><br/>Reporters for CNN, The New York Times, Politico, The Los Angeles Times and BuzzFeed were not allowed into the session in the office of Press Secretary Sean Spicer. <br/><br/>Spicer's off-camera briefing replaced the usual televised daily news briefing in the White House briefing room. He did not say why those particular news organisations were excluded, a decision which drew strong protests. Reuters was included in the session, along with about 10 other news organisations, including Bloomberg and CBS.<br/><br/>President Donald Trump has regularly attacked the media and at a gathering of conservative activists yesterday, he criticised news organisations that he said provide fake news, calling them the enemy of the American people.<br/><br/>Reporters at the Associated Press and Time magazine walked out of the briefing when hearing that others had been barred from the session.<br/><br/>Spicer's decision drew a sharp response from some of the media outlets that were excluded.The White House Correspondents Association also protested.