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Obama calls Trump's White House press ban on CNN, MS Now, Politico 'unimaginable'

Former president says he could never have banned Fox News the way Trump barred three outlets, as Scalise defends the move and a GOP-Karl clash erupts over Biden comparisons.

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Trump White House Press Ban

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  1. Trump bars CNN, Politico, MS NOW from White House after aide shows him critical clips
  2. Obama calls Trump's White House press ban on CNN, MS Now, Politico 'unimaginable'you are here
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What to know

  • Trump banned journalists from CNN, MS Now and Politico from the White House on Friday, calling them 'fake news'; passes were seized Saturday.
  • Obama, speaking at Colgate University, said he could never have imagined banning Fox News and called the ban 'unimaginable'.
  • Trump escalated Sunday with an AI-generated image of trash bags labeled with the outlets' names, and has suggested extending the ban to The New York Times and The Washington Post.
  • Scalise defended Trump's press access record on ABC but was corrected on-air over a disputed claim about Biden revoking press credentials.

“But the point I'm making here is: If you have a certain cohort — let's call it 30 to 35 percent of the country right now — which thinks that's OK, well, what that means is we have not developed the kind of understanding of what democracy requires. And we've got to shore that back up,”

Barack Obama, Former U.S. president · The Independent ↗ · Sep 19

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Obama calls Trump's White House press ban on CNN, MS Now, Politico 'unimaginable'
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    Obama's Colgate remarks on the ban are widely reported

    Coverage of Obama's Friday comments circulated, with outlets and social platforms picking up his warning that roughly 30 to 35 percent of the country now accepts such press bans.

    “My imagination could not foresee some of the stuff that's going on right now,…”
    — Barack Obama, Former U.S. president · source
    1. 7 outlets Obama blasts Trump’s ‘unimaginable’ White House media ban

      first by Yahoo, 3d ago · also Independent UK, New York Post, NY Post, Boston Globe, HuffPost, Yahoo News Canada

      5 more headlines

    • considering how much the GOP projects and how much they talk about the DEMs rigging elections, I wonder if any fair elections are still possible.

      dkorabellr/politics2d agoview on r/politics ↗
    1 more of the top 2 · 2 posts in this stretch

    • And he can walk around and interact with anyone without fear of his life or being booed.

      canon12r/politics2d agoview on r/politics ↗
    all of them →
  2. background

    Scalise defends Trump, clashes with ABC host over Biden claim — House Majority Leader Steve Scalise told ABC's This Week that Trump has been open to the press, and claimed Biden "removed the press credentials from over 400 different agencies," a claim host Jonathan Karl disputed on air.

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    Trump posts AI image of trash bags labeled with outlets' names

    Trump followed up by posting an AI-generated image on social media showing three stuffed trash bags labeled CNN, MSNBC and Politico outside the White House.

  4. background

    CNN, MS Now and Politico reporters have press passes seized — Journalists from the three outlets were denied access to the White House and had their press credentials seized when they tried to enter on Saturday morning; their employers vowed to challenge the move.

  5. background

    Obama calls the ban 'unimaginable' at Colgate University — Speaking at Colgate University the same day, Obama said he could not imagine having banned Fox News as president and warned that a segment of the public now accepts such moves.

  6. background

    Trump bans CNN, MS Now and Politico journalists from White House — Trump announced he was barring reporters from the three outlets, calling them "fake news" who "purposely write negative news" to hurt Republicans.

Also covered reported alongside — the timeline has no entry for these yet

  1. 2 outlets Obama blasts Trump's press ban as ‘unimaginable’ despite his White House trying to exclude Fox News

    first by The Post Millennial, 3d ago · also RealClearPolitics

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