The leading candidate for the job of White House press secretary in the new administration promised Thursday evening that President-elect Donald Trump Donald John TrumpBiden on Trump's refusal to commit to peaceful transfer of power: 'What country are we in?' Romney: 'Unthinkable and unacceptable' to not commit to peaceful transition of power Two Louisville police officers shot amid Breonna Taylor grand jury protests MORE would not ban any media outlets from the White House.

During an interview on Fox News’s “Kelly File,” Republican National Committee chief strategist Sean Spicer, who is reportedly close to securing the job as the administration’s top spokesman, was asked if Trump would blacklist any organizations who have been unfavorable toward him.

“Absolutely not,” he said.

“Look, look, he’s not going to bounce anybody out,” Spicer said. “He has a healthy belief in the First Amendment and the understanding and the role of a free press.”

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Spicer was pressed about the fact that Trump’s campaign blacklisted a number of outlets — from The Des Moines Register to The Washington Post — for what he saw as unfair reporting during the presidential race. The disfavored organizations were barred from events and saw questions to Trump's team go unanswered.

“There’s a difference,” Spicer said. “He understands the role of president, and the role of the White House. That’s a vastly different view than being at a campaign rally that is paid for by the campaign, funded by him, by his own dollars, at a private venue. He has the right to control access to that.”

Spicer was asked on Friday if a paper like The New York Times would be banned for issuing a “scathing editorial” about Trump.

The Republican operative responded by saying it would not and noted the Times is currently credentialed to cover the transition, despite their “poor reporting.”

Spicer, however, questioned the necessity of daily televised press briefings for the White House press corps, saying they have become a “spectacle.”

“Well I think we have to look at everything,” he said. “I don’t know that they need to be daily, I don’t know that they need to be on camera. I think that’s a view shared by a lot of former White House press secretaries, a view [shared by] some in the media in fact, that the White House press briefings have become somewhat of a spectacle.”

Spicer added that it’s worth exploring ways to have more “adult conversations” with the media.

His comments came the day after Trump's incoming chief of staff, current RNC Chairman Reince Priebus, said that "change is going to happen" regarding how the White House handles the press.

“The traditions, while some of them are great, I think it’s time to revisit a lot of these things that have been done in the White House,” Priebus said.