“It’s a New York Sunday tradition,” read a sign held by Norman Cohen, a freelance TV producer, “Coffee, Bagels,

“It’s a New York Sunday tradition,” read a sign held by Norman Cohen, a freelance TV producer, “Coffee, Bagels,
and a FREE PRESS.” The protest, which was led by Get Organized BK, was in response to President Trump’s decision on Friday to bar several news organizations from a White House briefing, including The Times.
On Sunday morning, the time when many engage in the weekend ritual of reading the news over coffee, a large
crowd converged outside ’s Manhattan headquarters on Eighth Avenue to defend the country’s press.
By blocking certain reporters from attending Friday’s open briefing, the president’s press secretary, Sean M. Spicer, “undermines one of the few institutions
that has as its role asking tough, independent-minded questions of the president,” Mr. Baquet said.
Fight back!” The group boomed back, responding with the mantra as Mr. Zorek shouted again,
listing names of news organizations from BuzzFeed to the Public Broadcasting Service.
Protesters walked from The Times to the offices of Fox News
and The Wall Street Journal, and then to NBC’s headquarters at 30 Rockefeller Plaza before returning to The Times building.
“When is under attack, what do we do?” Michael Zorek, a stay-at-home father from the Upper West Side of Manhattan screamed to the crowd.