AP: What is the White House pool? These days, it’s a battleground between Trump and free press rights
- President Donald Trump banned CNN, MS NOW, and Politico from White House access, and reporters from all three outlets were denied entry on Saturday.
- Trump said the decision followed frustration with their coverage and accused the outlets of publishing “FICTION and LIES.”
- The White House Correspondents’ Association and First Amendment lawyer Theodore Boutrous said the ban violated press protections and might be unconstitutional.
- The ban disrupted the rotating White House press pool after CNN was removed from its assignment, leaving no television pool.
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Trump White House Bans CNN, Launches Trump TV, Holds Media Accountable
President Trump’s White House kicked off a tense Monday by barring CNN, MSNBC, and Politico from certain briefings, threatening lawsuits, and facing a press pool boycott, while launching its own YouTube channel and even making a point visit to Zohran Mamdani; the move looks like a blunt pushback against legacy media and a statement about […]
Would You Host People Who Give You 92% Negative Coverage?
The White House has launched a daily video channel, dubbed “Trump TV: The Essentials Station,” just days after President Donald Trump barred CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House. They’re not banned, but under the new rules, they can’t expect to be hosted on White House grounds. hey are suing. He hasn’t limited […] The post Would You Host People Who Give You 92% Negative Coverage? appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.
CNN, MS NOW, and Politico were expelled from the White House by Trump, but other media outlets defended them.
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