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Donald Trump says his presidential campaign is revoking The Washington Post鈥檚 press credentials, and the Post isn鈥檛 the first major news outlet to be barred from Trump鈥檚 rallies and events. Trump previously , according to The New York Times.

Trump called The Washington Post 鈥減hony and dishonest鈥� in a Facebook post where he explained that he decided to pull the press credentials due to the paper鈥檚 鈥渋ncredibly inaccurate coverage and reporting鈥� of his campaign.

Trump took issue with a headline the Post wrote Monday that read, 鈥淒onald Trump suggests President Obama was involved with Orlando shooting." The headline was changed Monday afternoon to read, 鈥�"Donald Trump seems to connect President Obama to Orlando shooting."

The Post story covered Trump鈥檚 statements during a Fox News interview on Monday. When asked to explain why he called for Obama to resign after the shooting, he answered, in part, "He doesn't get it 鈥� it's one or the other, and either one is unacceptable."

Washington Post spokeswoman Kristine Coratti Kelly told the Associated Press in an email that the Post changed the headline shortly after posting the story "to more properly reflect what Trump said."

"We did so on our own; the Trump campaign never contacted us about it,鈥� Kelly said.

Washington Post editor Martin Baron said in a statement Tuesday that the decision to revoke the paper鈥檚 press credentials "is of the role of a free and independent press." Baron defended the Post鈥檚 coverage of Trump鈥檚 campaign so far and vowed to continue with honest, honorable and accurate reporting.

Trump has said that if he were to become president, news organizations that have criticized him 鈥�will have problems.鈥� He threatened to sue The Washington Post in January over an article about the bankruptcy of his Atlantic City casino. This would be a very difficult suit to win, thanks to the First Amendment's historically strong protection of journalists, but Trump has said as president he hopes to weaken the libel law that protects journalists covering public figures.

Under American libel law, which the Supreme Court has repeatedly endorsed under the First Amendment, it is difficult for public figures to sue reporters who criticize them because they must demonstrate that factually inaccurate statements were made with actual malice or reckless disregard for the truth.

Legal experts doubt Trump as president could change libel law through executive order; the change would likely require a constitutional amendment.

Nonetheless, denying reporters access to his campaign events is within Trump鈥檚 current power.

Chris Cillizza wrote for The Washington Post on Tuesday that politicians and journalists , 鈥淭he job of journalists 鈥� at The Post and everywhere else 鈥� is to give voters the fullest and most accurate picture of the two people who want to represent all of us as president. That is a task that is, inherently, at conflict 鈥� at least at times 鈥� with the story the candidates want to tell about themselves. That tension is natural and often leads to uncomfortable relationships between the candidates and the media who cover them.鈥�

This report contains material from the Associated Press.