President Donald Trump has long had an antagonistic relationship with the press. He famously popularized the phrase “fake news” and has called reporters “the enemy of the people.” Yet the president is also more accessible to reporters than his recent predecessors, making media appearances on roughly 80% of his days in office during stretches of
CNN, Politico and MS NOW have said they will sue the Trump administration after the three US media outlets were barred from the White House. President Donald Trump announced the ban on Friday, accusing the three organisations of writing “fiction or lies” about his government. The companies said their reporters were denied access and had
MS NOW, CNN and Politico planned to file suit against President Donald Trump and other administration officials over a decision by the Trump to ban the three news organizations from newsgathering at the White House, the latest fracture in the relationship between the president and the national media. “This morning, we notified the government that
“The officer asked me to hand over my badge. He said that it was disabled,” MS NOW reporter Akayla Gardner said. “I asked why I was not able to get inside. He said it was above him.” Gardner added that while her and her colleague’s badges were disabled, an MS NOW producer was still able
Reporters for CNN, MS NOW, and Politico were denied entry to White House grounds on Saturday morning, the outlets said, one day after President Donald Trump said he was banning them for their coverage of him. “Early today, CNN journalists were denied access to the White House grounds,” a CNN spokesperson said in a statement.
NEW YORK — Reporters from three major news organizations — CNN, MS NOW and Politico — were denied access to the White House on Saturday morning, with reporters from the two cable networks both going live to report they’d been barred following a ban imposed by President Donald Trump. The actions escalated Trump’s long-running efforts
