USA Today
Obama often blocks press access to information
"Despite President Obama's promises of transparency, the White House blocks routine information for reporters, seeks aggressive prosecution of classified information leakers and uses its own media channels to shape its messaging, according to a scathing new report by the Committee to Protect Journalists."
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2013/10/10/cpj-report-on-obama-press/2960607/