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White House drops CNN from Air Force One for Trump's Tennessee trip

Days after a judge blocked Trump's White House press ban, the administration excluded CNN from the president's plane, replacing it with a pro-Trump outlet.

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What to know

  • The White House left CNN off Air Force One for Trump's Saturday trip to Tennessee, swapping the network for conservative outlet Real America's Voice News.
  • The exclusion comes despite a federal judge's ruling that Trump's earlier ban on CNN, Politico and MS NOW from White House grounds was likely unconstitutional.
  • The judge's order addressed White House 'hard passes' but did not directly cover press pool duties or Air Force One access, leaving the legal status of this exclusion unresolved.
  • CNN's attorneys believe the ruling also covers pool access; the White House has not responded to requests for comment on the Air Force One decision.

The dispute Whether the federal judge's ruling against Trump's White House ban also legally requires restoring CNN's press pool and Air Force One access remains unresolved, with CNN's attorneys and the White House taking opposing views. · positions read across 4 posts and comments

most voices

CNN has no right to a seat on Air Force One and is only now facing consequences for biased coverage.

  • “CNN has no “duties” aboard Air Force One. It is a private company. It holds no public office; it wasn't elected to anything; it exercises no governmental authority; and it has no entitlement to a seat on the president’s airplane or…”

    twitchy commenter · twitchy.com ↗
many voices

CNN is mocked for turning its own exclusion into the story, seen as self-absorbed rather than serving the public.

  • “You know a news source is trash when their breaking news is about themselves not getting access. How pathetic can they be”

    twitchy commenter · twitchy.com ↗
some voices

Commenters joke that CNN should simply arrange its own travel to cover the trip.

  • “Ohh no @CNN has to buy their own plane tickets, they’ll have to start a Go Fund Me.”

    twitchy commenter · twitchy.com ↗

“CNN has no “duties” aboard Air Force One. It is a private company. It holds no public office; it wasn't elected to anything; it exercises no governmental authority; and it has no entitlement to a seat on the president’s airplane or anywhere else.”

twitchy commenter, reader comment · twitchy.com ↗ · Sep 24

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White House drops CNN from Air Force One for Trump's Tennessee trip
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  1. 2

    White House drops CNN from Air Force One's Tennessee flight list

    A White House media schedule released Friday night omitted CNN from Saturday's Air Force One trip to Knoxville, replacing it with conservative outlet Real America's Voice News; no pool outlet was listed in CNN's place.

    “contrary to what the Fake News wants you to believe, they don't just get to have free rein into every part of the White House, every event and every press call…”
    — White House communications account
    1. 13 outlets CNN says it was left off Air Force One for Trump’s trip to college football game

      first by The Journal, 18h ago · also Independent UK, Yahoo, USA Today, Business Insider, Politico, WTOP News +6

      10 more headlines
    • pbsnews.org

      The White House left CNN off Air Force One for President Donald Trump's Saturday trip to a college football game in Tennessee, marking the latest media restriction from the administration.

      pbsnews.orgBluesky2h ago48▲view on Bluesky ↗
    2 more of the top 3 · 4 posts in this stretch
    • AltAltNPS@noc.social

      CNN says its journalists have been barred from joining the press pool traveling with Trump this weekend. CNN reporters were scheduled to board Air Force One today to cover Trump’s trip to Knoxville for a college football game, but they’ve now been denied a spot in the traveling pool. https:// bsky.app/profile/altnps.bsky.s ocial/post/3mwgkwwbh7223…

      AltAltNPS@noc.socialMastodon4h agoview on Mastodon ↗

    • BBC: White House bars CNN from travelling with Trump on Air Force One bbc.com/news/article... @bbcnews-world-rss.bsky.social #photojournalism #journalism

      pjournalismnews.bsky.socialBluesky4h ago1▲view on Bluesky ↗
    all of them →
  2. 1

    CNN announces its own exclusion on air; conservative media mocks response

    CNN's Anderson Cooper told viewers the network was not on the travel list for Trump's Tennessee trip, while conservative outlets and commenters mocked CNN for covering the exclusion as breaking news.

    1. 1 outlet White House Bars CNN From Air Force One

      first by The Washington Sun, 1d ago

      1 more headline
  3. background

    Network pool coverage of Trump resumes after days of blackout — Regular U.S. television pool coverage restarted, with CNN airing live video of Trump and Xi touring the National Archives for the first time in days.

  4. background

    Some CNN and MS NOW reporters still denied entry at Xi state dinner — Despite the judge's ruling, the White House continued to deny entry to some CNN and MS NOW reporters assigned to cover arrivals at a state dinner for Chinese leader Xi Jinping.

  5. background

    Judge rules Trump's press ban likely unconstitutional — U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly temporarily struck down the ban in an overnight ruling, ordering the outlets be let back onto White House grounds, though the order did not directly address pool duties or Air Force One access.

  6. background

    White House launches its own streaming channel, Trump TV — The administration rolled out the channel ahead of the UN General Assembly in New York as the dispute with the press pool continued.

  7. background

    ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC pause White House pool broadcasts — The four other networks in the daily White House press pool rotation halted their broadcasts of the president in solidarity with the banned outlets.

  8. background

    Trump bans CNN, Politico and MS NOW from the White House — Trump barred journalists from the three outlets from White House grounds, accusing them of writing "fiction or lies" about his administration.

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

  1. 5 outlets World Live News Updates: CNN barred from boarding Air Force One plane to cover Trump’s Tennesse tour

    first by The Indian Express, 7h ago · also HuffPost, Seeking Alpha, The Gateway Pundit, Reason

    4 more headlines

What people are saying 1 voices from 1 site · best of 4 · verbatim

Still unanswered
  • Does the judge's ruling on White House 'hard passes' extend to press pool duties and Air Force One seating?
  • Will CNN or the other banned outlets pursue further legal action specifically over pool and travel access?