MS NOW, CNN and Politico say their journalists were denied access to White House after Trump ban
- On Saturday morning, MS NOW journalists were denied access to the White House grounds, a day after President Donald Trump announced a ban on the network, CNN, and Politico citing "fake news."
- The White House began enforcing the "ban" Trump declared "effective immediately" on Friday, though journalists from the affected outlets remained on the complex through that evening.
- MS NOW White House correspondent Akayla Gardner said an officer disabled her badge upon arrival, forcing her to report live from outside the perimeter after being denied entry.
- Protesting the exclusion, the network released a statement Saturday asserting the White House belongs to the American people and intending to defend its First Amendment rights.
- This latest action marks a significant escalation in Trump's long-running efforts to restrict news coverage by journalists he finds objectionable, serving as the latest test of First Amendment protections in the U.S.
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Intensifying his offensive against the media in a spectacular way, the US president announced on Friday that he would lock "with immediate effect" access to CNN, MSNOW and the online media Politico, a decision widely condemned as an attack against press freedom. "I tried to scan my badge, which is necessary to enter the White House, and that didn't work, a red light started flashing," she said on the TV Akayla Gardner, White House correspondent …
Following Donald Trump's decision to ban access, news networks CNN and MS NOW confirmed that their correspondents were blocked from entering the White House. According to US media reports, authorities denied entry to a reporter and a photographer from MS NOW, as well as to corresponding CNN professionals. President Trump announced on Friday an "immediate" ban on CNN, MS NOW and Politico from entering the White House, suggesting that other news…
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ObservadorThe Association of White House Correspondents (WHCA) classified on Friday the measure as a free press ban.
US media outlets CNN and MS NOW reported that they were barred from the White House grounds on Saturday, a day after President Donald Trump banned the media outlets from the presidential residence for what he said were "fake news."
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