In April 2017, Macron refused to communicate and denied press access to the Russian state channel [[RT]], which his campaign accused of spreading [[fake news]] and disinformation.<ref>[http://www.france24.com/en/20170429-macron-campaign-drops-accreditation-kremlin-backed-media French presidential hopeful Macron bans Russian-state media from campaign trail]. ''France 24''. April 29, 2017. Retrieved May 1, 2017.</ref><ref>https://www.rt.com/news/386538-macron-rt-accreditation-requests</ref> This measure is comparable to president Trump's decision to refuse several liberal media outlets, such as [[CNN]], from his press meetings, where there was much criticism about this "press ban" as opposed to the little criticism over Macron's actions, which exposes the further [[Liberal hypocrisy|hypocrisy by liberals]].<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/feb/24/media-blocked-white-house-briefing-sean-spicer</ref> | In April 2017, Macron refused to communicate and denied press access to the Russian state channel [[RT]], which his campaign accused of spreading [[fake news]] and disinformation.<ref>[http://www.france24.com/en/20170429-macron-campaign-drops-accreditation-kremlin-backed-media French presidential hopeful Macron bans Russian-state media from campaign trail]. ''France 24''. April 29, 2017. Retrieved May 1, 2017.</ref><ref>https://www.rt.com/news/386538-macron-rt-accreditation-requests</ref> This measure is comparable to president Trump's decision to refuse several liberal media outlets, such as [[CNN]], from his press meetings, where there was much criticism about this "press ban" as opposed to the little criticism over Macron's actions, which exposes the further [[Liberal hypocrisy|hypocrisy by liberals]].<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/feb/24/media-blocked-white-house-briefing-sean-spicer</ref> |