Former ABC news employees urge strong stand against Trump on press access

More than 230 former ABC News correspondents, executives and producers have signed a letter urging the US network's current top executive to take a firm stand against any Trump administration effort to curtail press access.

The letter, which circulated on a Facebook forum for ex-ABC News employees, was written after White House press secretary Sean Spicer held an informal briefing last Friday excluding several news organisations that have done stories angering President Donald Trump and his team.