CNN, MS NOW, Politico sue Trump as networks boycott coverage over WH ban
ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox suspended pooled White House coverage in solidarity after Trump barred the three outlets, who are now suing.
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Trump White House Press Ban
- Trump bars CNN, Politico, MS NOW from White House after aide shows him critical clips
- Obama calls Trump's White House press ban on CNN, MS Now, Politico 'unimaginable'
- Judge signals skepticism as DOJ defends Trump's ban on CNN, Politico, MS NOW
- Trump calls Kaitlan Collins and CNN “sleazebags” after UN press clash
- CNN, MS NOW, Politico sue Trump as networks boycott coverage over WH banyou are here
What to know
- Trump banned CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House on September 18 over their coverage; the outlets sued, calling it a First Amendment violation.
- In an unprecedented act of solidarity, the rest of the TV pool — ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox News — suspended shared coverage of Trump's presidential events, muting coverage of a White House event and his UN trip.
- The White House says access is 'a privilege, not a right' and days later launched its own 'Trump TV' platform, drawing accusations of state-run media.
- The lawsuit is now before a federal court in Washington; whether other outlets like the New York Times or Washington Post could face similar bans remains an open threat.
The dispute Whether the networks' unprecedented solidarity reflects genuine defense of press freedom or self-interested protection of their own future access to Trump. · positions read across 1.1k posts and comments
The networks' boycott is mostly about protecting their own future access, not defending the banned outlets or press freedom generally.
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“Really makes the point that all they care about is access.”
monicacarmean.bsky.social · Bluesky ↗
The boycott is an overdue, welcome act of resistance and networks should not cave to Trump.
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“Very good that the TV coverage is aligned. And about time for the boycott ~ this could have been done a long time ago. Stick with it and DON'T CAVE.”
djl71.bsky.social · Bluesky ↗
It is satisfying that Trump's own event was left without coverage by the boycott he provoked.
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“Trump is silenced by the very people he tried to silence.”
krassenstein · X ↗
The ban is justified because these outlets are hostile, dishonest actors, not legitimate press.
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“President Trump just removed the Terrorist Organization CNN from the White House press pool.”
Real_RobN · X ↗
“Because they never write a good story. It's sick… and I don't have to let them into the people's house.”
Donald Trump, US President · X · Sep 17
Donald Trump US PresidentCNN, MS NOW and Politico Banned news outlets / plaintiffsWhite House TV pool (ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox News) Broadcast pool membersBryan Boughton Fox News Washington bureau chief, pool chairWhite House Press Pool office White House press operation
Bernie Sanders US Senator
How it unfolded 8 developments, newest first · click a bar or a number to jump articlesvideospostscomments
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White House launches 'Trump TV' days after the press bans
The administration debuted its own media platform, 'Trump TV,' prompting immediate criticism that it amounted to state-run media, coming just days after CNN, MS NOW and Politico were banned.
“a blatant violation of our most fundamental constitutional principles…”
— CNN, MS NOW and Politico, Plaintiffs, joint lawsuit · source -
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It’s like a plot from a comedy show. How bad can a president get? Boycotted by the major TV news networks, he’s forced to launch his own channel (Trump TV) to gain coverage. Anyone who endorses this idiot in the midterms needs psychiatric help… CNN, MS NOW and Politico file lawsuit against Trump's White House ban https://www…
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The thing with Trump, I suppose, is that the media doesn't pick up on all the crap and crazy stuff he says. It’s all about keeping him quiet until after the election, I guess...
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Strong liberal leaders like Obama and Carney are not fascists lol. And I'd rather not live life on the red side of the Iron Curtain, comrade. Something people forget is in ww2 the communists teamed up with the fascists... until they were betrayed. As in the communists were completely fine with fascism until it became an unreliable ally. Horseshoe
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CNN, MS NOW and Politico formally file First Amendment lawsuit
The outlets' complaint, filed Monday in federal court in Washington, calls the ban a "direct assault" on the First Amendment and says the Constitution bars officials from stripping press access based on dislike of coverage.
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ABC, CBS, CNN, Fox News, and NBC halted their TV coverage of presidential events after Trump banned some outlets from White House access for unfavorable reporting.
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After President Trump’s snap decision to ban CNN from the White House, the four other networks that comprise the White House’s TV pool decided they would cease their pooled coverage of the president.
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Trump's helicopter-pad event goes without network audio coverage
Trump unveiled a new White House helicopter pad while major TV networks stayed away from the pool coverage in protest, leaving his remarks largely uncaptured by broadcast audio.
“Trump is silenced by the very people he tried to silence.”
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15 outlets Trump shows off new White House helipad, but networks skip coverage during First Amendment fight
first by PBS NewsHour, 2d ago · also Al Jazeera, Bloomberg Politics, Boston Globe, Washington Times, Orlando Sentinel, Baltimore Sun +8
7 more headlines
- Trump speech inaudible as US networks boycott White House event Al Jazeera · 2d ago
- Trump White House Media Ban: Does It Violate the First Amendment? Bloomberg Politics · 2d ago
- Trump inaugurates new White House helipad, but networks skip coverage during First Amendment fight Boston Globe · 2d ago
- White House Launches Trump TV Amid Media Ban: What We Know Newsweek · 2d ago
- US networks halt coverage of Trump in extraordinary revolt over White House ban Times of Israel · 2d ago
- US TV networks suspend White House pool coverage over Trump media ban Guardian Media · 2d ago
- All major US networks suspend Trump coverage in revolt over White House ban Euronews · 1d ago
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"That's not honest and fair reporting - that's propaganda." VP JD Vance explains to @gregkellyusa the Trump administration's move to cut White House access to left-leaning news outlets, stressing it's "not a ban." "It's the refusal to grant special access to people who are
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When the president has an open event, the designated TV pool network distributes it. But on Monday, those cameras were dark. That's because the White House TV pool banded together and refused to cover Trump's events after he banned CNN, Politico and MS NOW. @elizlanders.bsky.social explains.
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White House launches “Trump TV” after the president barred reporters and photographers from the three news outlets.
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White House press office says access is "a privilege, not a right"
The White House Press Pool office issued a statement defending the removal of the three outlets after what it called "years of false reporting," arguing the First Amendment protects publication but not entitlement to access.
“White House Access Is a Privilege Not a Right…”
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first by HuffPost, 2d ago · also Mediaite, The Washington Sun, News Talk 105.9, Washington Times, KEYT-TV, CNN +8
12 more headlines
- White House to Launch ‘TRUMP TV’ at 7PM Monday — 2 Days After Press Ban Mediaite · 2d ago
- White House to Announce ‘Trump TV’ Days After Press Ban The Washington Sun · 2d ago
- News Outlets Sue Trump Over White House Press Ban News Talk 105.9 · 2d ago
- White House strips CNN of TV pool assignment as Trump's press ban escalates KEYT-TV · 2d ago
- White House TV press pool won't cover Trump after CNN ban CNBC · 2d ago
- Trump's blow to White House correspondents: ‘a ban on the free press’ El País · 2d ago
- CNN Stripped of White House TV Press Pool Duty After Trump Ban Mediaite · 2d ago
- Trump doesn’t get to ban the press Boston Globe · 2d ago
- Trump’s Ban on White House Press Backfires Immediately New Republic · 2d ago
- CNN, MS NOW, Politico Sue Over Trump’s White House Press Ban Bloomberg Politics · 2d ago
- White House won't back down as attorney predicts how Trump's latest press tussle will play out in court Fox News · 2d ago
- What Is the White House Press Pool, and Why Did It Suspend TV Coverage of Trump? NYT · 2d ago
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first by OutsideTheBeltway, 4d ago · also Al Jazeera, Associated Press
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- A ‘ban on the free press’: White House bars journalists from three outlets Al Jazeera · 4d ago
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White House Access Is a Privilege Not a Right FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Last week, President Donald J. Trump removed CNN, MS NOW, and Politico from the White House grounds after years of false reporting . The First Amendment protects their right to publish; it does not entitle them
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"Trump is a bully. And bullies will keep bullying until they get a punch in the nose," writes @sulliview.bsky.social.
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RE: https:// flipboard.social/@newsguyusa/1 17308638349399250 THIS IS USA’s TRUE # WEIMAR MOMENT all of USA’s government and political apparatus is built upon the # FirstAmendment . there is no constitution, no rule of law without the # 1A . Democrats should haul their asses back to DC, and use whatever rules maneuvers to start an # emergency…
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TV networks suspend pooled coverage of Trump in solidarity
ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox News agreed to halt shared pool coverage of presidential events, including Trump's UN trip, after the White House blocked CNN; Fox's Bryan Boughton, the pool chair, announced the halt.
“The White House is not instituting an assault on the Free Press, something which I cherish…”
— Donald Trump, US President · source -
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BREAKING: TV pool will not be providing coverage of presidential events until further notice b/c of CNN's ban, pool chair and FOX News Washington Bureau Chief Bryan Boughton said. It's effectively a boycott by the fellow members — ABC, CBS, NBC and FOX:
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Breaking News: Major TV networks — ABC, CBS, Fox News and NBC — agreed to suspend their pooled coverage of President Trump after the White House blocked CNN from its duties.
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CNN, MS NOW and Politico say they are suing the government after Trump banned the news orgs from the White House in recent days. “We notified the govt that we are filing a lawsuit today to protect our 1A rights & defend the principle that the govt does not decide what the press reports or publishes” CNN, MS NOW, Politico to sue o...
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CNN, MS NOW and Politico move to sue over the ban
The three outlets notified the Trump administration they were filing a joint lawsuit over denial of White House access, followed by a joint public statement.
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Joint statement from CNN, MS NOW and POLITICO:
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BREAKING: WASHINGTON (AP) — CNN, MS NOW, Politico say they've notified Trump administration they're filing a lawsuit over denied White House access.
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# CNN , # MSNOW & # Politico to sue # Trump admin over White House access The three national news outlets Trump banned from the # WhiteHouse — CNN, MS NOW, & Politico — are filing a critical # FirstAmendment lawsuit to restore their access. The emergency request is set to go before a federal judge in the DC District Court & could result in…
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CNN reporter's press pass seized at the White House
CNN's Betsy Klein was denied access at the White House and had her press pass seized, a day after the ban was announced.
“Trump has now banned CNN, MS NOW and POLITICO from entering the White House grounds. That's not all. He is threatening that more news organizations who criticize him, including the New York Times and Washington Post, will be next.”
— Bernie Sanders, US Senator · source -
CNN reporter Betsy Klein was denied access at the White House on Saturday morning and her press pass was seized, one day after President Donald Trump announced that he was "banning" CNN, MS NOW and Politico.
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Trump is banning major news outlets from the White House and threatening more. And look at the stories about his own regime that were breaking as he tried to shut reporters out. It explains a lot. podcasts.
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# Fascism # Journalists from # CNN & # MSNOW were denied access to the # WhiteHouse grounds on Saturday, a day after # Trump announced a ban on 3 # news organizations because of reporting he disliked. Akayla Gardner, a White House correspondent for MS NOW, said that her White House-issued access badge failed to work at the security entrance where…
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Trump bans CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House
Trump announced the outlets were barred "effective immediately," accusing them of "constant 'reporting' FAKE NEWS," and said other outlets could follow.
“I am proud to announce that, effective immediately, I am banning Fake News CNN, MSNOW, and Politico ... from the White House as a result of their constant 'reporting' FAKE NEWS!”
— Donald Trump -
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34 outlets first by Philadelphia Inquirer, 2d ago · also Forbes, American Greatness, Daily Mail, JURISTnews, Guardian US, Reuters +27 · read ↗
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President Donald Trump says he is banning three major news outlets, CNN, MS NOW and Politico, from the White House due to what he called "unfavorable coverage."
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President Trump says he’s banning CNN, MS NOW, and POLITICO from The White House https://www. cnn.com/2026/09/18/politics/vi deo/president-trump-bans-cnn-msnow-politico-from-white-house-lead-jake-tapper?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub Posted into Politics @ politics-CNN
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Those were precious times. I told my kids about it, that once upon a time, the president maybe got mentioned twice in a week, and didn’t actively do everything possible to make life worse. They only known really Trump and Biden.
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first by El País, 2d ago · also New Republic, Mediaite, Sydney Morning Herald, El Pais English
3 more headlines
- Major TV Networks Band Together in Boycott After Trump's Ban on CNN New Republic · 2d ago
- JUST IN: TV Networks Band Together to Effectively Boycott WH Pool Coverage in Response to Trump's Press Ban Mediaite · 2d ago
- TV networks refuse to cover Trump in solidarity with CNN following ban Sydney Morning Herald · 2d ago
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first by BBC, 1d ago · also Straits Times, France 24 EN
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- Major US outlets boycott shared Trump coverage in protest at media ban BBC · 1d ago
- Trump's White House media ban faces long odds in court, legal experts say Straits Times · 1d ago
- Donald Trump: US outlets boycott Trump over media ban France 24 EN · 1d ago
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first by Mastodon, 2d ago · also Axios, The Hill
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- Trump inaudible during White House TV pool blackout Axios · 2d ago
- Trump inaudible at helipad ribbon cutting amid press pool fight The Hill · 2d ago
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3 outlets The cameras pull back as ousted outlets sue over Trump’s media-ban attack on the free press
first by Mastodon, 2d ago · also Sydney Morning Herald, Law Dork
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- Major US media companies sue Trump administration Sydney Morning Herald · 2d ago
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first by Mastodon, 2d ago · also Guardian Media, Guardian US
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- The Washington press corps needs to boycott White House events | Margaret Sullivan Guardian Media · 2d ago
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first by Hindustan Times, 1d ago · also Dawn
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first by Fortune, 2d ago · also NYT Politics
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- Why Network TV Stopped Filming the President NYT Politics · 2d ago
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first by Forbes, 2d ago · also Forbes Business
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- Trump Drowned Out By Static Without TV Pool After Banning Major Outlets Forbes Business · 2d ago
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What people are saying 11 voices from 4 sites · best of 1.1k · verbatim
- Will Fox News and CBS sustain the boycott given their corporate ownership ties, or fold once a new administration arrives?
- Will Trump follow through on banning additional outlets like the New York Times or Washington Post?
- Sep 21
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That's not an article, it's a blog post. And it's basically garbage. The closest thing to actual evidence it presents are the Election Truth Alliance's analyses, which are riddled with fundamentally incorrect assumptions about what is and isn't indicative of election fraud. Several of them directly contradict the post's own argument as well, as…
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OMG. Y'all! The WH # Press Pool found their collective spine and said that if some journalists were not allowed, then nobody would put a camera in the malignant narcissist's face, and see how he likes it when there's nobody who can see or hear him spout syphilitic slanders. “This is to advise that, effective today, the TV pool will not be covering…
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I agree that we have to stop thinking about building back what was lost. We need a better way forward. My point though is that the only way to do that is to exploit the same vulnerabilities in the current system to forge a new one. Trying to do this with some kind of 3rd party "reform" party won't work. This is a two party system. Republicans have…
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This is going to be entertaining. The administration will have to state - under oath - what reporting by CNN, MSNOW and Politico may be labeled as lies, misinformation or "fake news". "Was the reporting stating that Trump lost the 2020 presidential election truthful? Was the reporting on specific measures to falsify the election results truthful…
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BREAKING on MS NOW: It's official. MS NOW, CNN, and Politico have filed a lawsuit against the Trump admin after Trump banned the outlets from covering the White House.
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There will effectively be no TV coverage of Trump's UN visit or other presidential events, though I imagine smaller networks may take the White House's own feed. This is a very big deal and one only possible because of solidarity from the whole pool.
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NEW: The presidential TV pool has been suspended as networks react to the White House's ongoing ban of CNN. That means, for now, that no major TV network will provide coverage of Trump's events, including today's appearances at the WH and his trip to the United Nations.
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Barrasso is a fear monger and liar. Barrasso said Trump hasn't been happy with the coverage that the press has been doing. And he also said that Hunter Biden's lap top wasn't covered properly by the press. So the president want to control what stories the press should do. Totally unconstitutional to band the press. The president doesn't have a…
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NEW YORK (AP) — Reporters from three major news organizations — CNN, MS NOW and Politico — were denied access to the White House on Saturday, a day after President Donald Trump said he was barring them because of reporting he found to be “fake news.” https:// apnews.com/article/trump-ban-m…
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My prediction from 2 years ago. I wrote the top list. BTW no one hated ai at thst point so I had added it's comments ad the end https://www.reddit.com/r/NewsOfTheStupid/s/CFXdZQ7uSPhttps://www.reddit.com/r/NewsOfTheStupid/s/CFXdZQ7uSPTrump white house plans: Step1: martial law. Step2: remove all reporters except Newsmax. 3: remove 1st ammendment…
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Update: White House deactivates security badges (aka “hard passes) for CNN and MSNOW journalists a day after President Trump announced a ban on three news organizations. https://www. nytimes.com/2026/09/19/busines s/media/trump-white-house-press-ban.html?unlocked_article_code=1.CVE.Syy_.7Vz7S4UhYujP&smid=nytcore-ios-share