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Banned White House Outlets Cover Trump As Court Hearing Looms
President Donald Trump stopped CNN, MS NOW and Politico from working from the White House grounds.
The outlets say this violates rules protecting free speech and a free press.
They asked a judge to temporarily stop the ban.
The judge is scheduled to hear the case on Wednesday.
The outlets could still cover Trump at the United Nations because they had UN media passes.
Trump said the outlets should not be covering him after criticizing their reporting.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said they were not banned, but acknowledged they could not work from the White House workspace.
The White House also created a video stream called “Trump TV.”
A press freedom advocate said the stream could act like government propaganda.
CNN, MS NOW and Politico covered Donald Trump’s United Nations visit using media passes issued by the UN.
The outlets sued Trump and administration officials, arguing that the White House access ban violates First Amendment protections.
A federal court hearing on their request for a temporary restraining order is scheduled for Wednesday before Judge Timothy Kelly.
The White House said the outlets were barred after Trump accused them of reporting “FICTION and LIES” about him.
The White House launched a “Trump TV” stream after CNN could not provide a presidential pool feed and other major networks suspended pool coverage.
- Who
- President Donald Trump, CNN, MS NOW, Politico, members of the Trump administration and U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly.
- What
- CNN, MS NOW and Politico are challenging Trump’s decision to deny them access to the White House grounds.
- Where
- The dispute concerns the White House grounds and federal court in Washington, D.C.; the outlets covered Trump at the United Nations in New York.
- When
- The outlets covered Trump’s UN visit on Tuesday, and the court hearing is scheduled for Wednesday; the ban was announced Friday.
- Why
- Trump said the outlets repeatedly published what he called fiction and lies, while the outlets argue that the ban violates First Amendment protections for free speech and a free press.
News outlets and press-freedom advocates
Trump administration
Legality of the access ban
News outlets and press-freedom advocates
CNN, MS NOW and Politico argue that denying them White House access violates the First Amendment’s protections for free speech and a free press.
Trump administration
Trump defended the action by accusing the outlets of repeatedly publishing fiction and lies; administration officials said the outlets were not banned from operating generally, only from the White House workspace.
Description of the restrictions
News outlets and press-freedom advocates
The outlets and the report characterize the loss of access to the White House grounds as a ban on their White House coverage.
Trump administration
Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Vice President JD Vance said the outlets were not banned, emphasizing that CNN had not been closed and that the restriction applied to the White House workspace.
White House video stream
News outlets and press-freedom advocates
A press freedom advocate described “Trump TV” as a steady diet of government propaganda.
Trump administration
The White House said the stream would provide videos and highlights of what it considers the Trump administration’s achievements.
Key facts
- Affected outlets
- CNN, MS NOW and Politico
- Court request
- A temporary restraining order blocking the White House action
- Hearing
- Wednesday before U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly
- Trump’s justification
- He accused the outlets of constantly reporting “FICTION and LIES” about him.
- UN access
- The outlets used media passes issued by the United Nations.
- White House response
- The White House launched a “Trump TV” stream after CNN could not provide a pool feed.
- Television pool
- CNN, ABC, CBS, Fox News and NBC make up the primary White House television pool.
Quotes
Donald Trump
President of the United States who addressed reporters at the United Nations.
“shouldn’t be able to constantly write or report FICTION and LIES when they’re covering the President of the United States”
theprint.in
“They’re not banned. … We’re not closing CNN. … They’re just not allowed to work from the workspace at the White House”
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Sources
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