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Trump inaudible at helipad ribbon cutting amid press pool fight
- President Donald Trump unveiled a new granite helipad on the South Lawn on Monday using oversized gold scissors, but major television networks ABC, CBS, CNN and Fox News collectively boycotted the ceremony after CNN was barred from covering the event.
- Trump announced Friday he was banning CNN, MSNOW and Politico from White House coverage, seizing their reporters' press credentials the next morning; all three outlets sued Monday, alleging the White House violated the First Amendment by restricting coverage over past reporting.
- Despite the White House streaming the event on social media, Marine One's engine noise rendered Trump's remarks inaudible; Politico's Sophia Cai reported "nothing but static for 9 minutes" and NewsNation correspondent Hannah Brandt confirmed the helicopter drowned out the president's remarks.
- The White House assigned Hearst as secondary television crew and pro-Trump outlet Real America's Voice as the secondary crew for Trump's New York trip, while releasing a statement declaring media access a privilege rather than a right.
- With six weeks until Election Day and voters concerned about inflation, the media dispute has overshadowed Trump's rush to finish the helipad before Chinese President Xi Jinping's Wednesday state visit, when Trump hoped to impress the dignitary with the granite's "million-year life.
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Total News Sources90
Leaning Left26Leaning Right22Center24Last UpdatedBias Distribution36% Left
Bias Distribution
- 36% of the sources lean Left
36% Left
L 36%
C 33%
R 31%
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