Trump Faces the Sting of a Media Boycott
The ban prompted major news organizations to call for a boycott, escalating tensions between Trump and the media over press access.
- Last week, President Donald Trump banned CNN, MS NOW, and Politico from the White House, citing 'unfavorable coverage' he deemed 'fake news.' Reporters from all three publications were subsequently locked out.
- Trump frequently targets media outlets, a pattern evident when he snapped at ABC News senior political correspondent Rachel Scott a few weeks ago for pressing him on broken promises, telling her 'You're the worst.'
- Former President Barack Obama criticized such actions last year at Hamilton College, questioning 'who are we as a country and what values do we stand for?' Last spring, a federal judge ordered the White House to restore The Associated Press's full access after it was blocked.
- CNN Chief White House Correspondent Jim Acosta posted 'Band together and hang tough' on social media, urging colleagues to resist the restrictions. Major networks halted pool coverage of Trump in protest of the ban.
- Without major networks covering his every utterance, Trump faces reduced control over his public narrative, creating a 'tree-falls-in-the-forest' moment for an administration dependent on television dominance for political reach.
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Trump Faces the Sting of a Media Boycott
“For President Trump, this is the tree-falls-in-the-forest moment of his administration. If the most television-addicted president in history suddenly finds the cameras missing, is he really still president? Not the kind he has been, anyway,” the New York Times reports. “Mr. Trump, for whom television is better than any narcotic, finds himself for the first […]
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