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Trump's Press Ban? I've Seen This Show
Confirmed
In Short: The entire presidential television press pool has agreed to suspend their coverage in the wake of President Trump’s decision to ban CNN, Politico, and MS NOW from the White House.
Major news networks, including CNN, MS NOW, and POLITICO, have filed a First Amendment lawsuit against the White House over the revocation of press credentials for their journalists.
The White House Correspondents’ Association President Jacqui Heinrich of Fox News issued a statement of solidarity and in defense of press freedoms, emphasizing the importance of collective resistance to the Trump administration’s actions.
The press pool system, a long-standing arrangement that alleviates the need for every media outlet to send its own reporter to get footage, has been disrupted by the revocation of credentials.
In a rare show of unified resistance, major news networks, including members of the White House television pool, issued a joint statement condemning the US President Donald Trump administration’s credential revocations.
The news outlets, calling the action a threat to press freedom, said that the action was taken to free independent journalism from 'government interference.
Conservative outlet Real America’s Voice—host of The Charlie Kirk Show—will be the only station working in the out of town pool and traveling with the president.
Trump’s decision to greet Chinese President Xi Jinping at the airport instead of waiting for him to drive to the White House shows how far the U.S. president is going to honor China’s leader during his first state visit to the U.S. capital in more than a decade.
Trump and his team have filed several lawsuits against media organizations accusing them of bias, calling into question the boundaries of First Amendment protections for speech and press.
The press corps' collective resistance to the Trump administration's actions marks a significant escalation in the ongoing dispute between the White House and media outlets.
The press pool system's suspension highlights the potential impact of government actions on the ability of journalists to cover the president and his administration.
Background
President Donald Trump escalated his ongoing dispute with news outlets by blocking CNN from traveling with him on Air Force One for his trip to Tennessee this weekend.
In Sunday's state election in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, the center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) received its lowest result ever since World War II, with just 5% of the vote, according to exit polls by public broadcaster ARD.
What's confirmed
- Major news networks, including CNN, MS NOW, and POLITICO, have filed a First Amendment lawsuit against the White House over the revocation of press credentials for their journalists.
- The White House Correspondents’ Association President Jacqui Heinrich of Fox News issued a statement of solidarity and in defense of press freedoms, emphasizing the importance of collective resistance to the Trump administration’s actions.
- The press pool system, a long-standing arrangement that alleviates the need for every media outlet to send its own reporter to get footage, has been disrupted by the revocation of credentials.
- In a rare show of unified resistance, major news networks, including members of the White House television pool, issued a joint statement condemning the US President Donald Trump administration’s credential revocations.
- The news outlets, calling the action a threat to press freedom, said that the action was taken to free independent journalism from 'government interference.
- Conservative outlet Real America’s Voice—host of The Charlie Kirk Show—will be the only station working in the out of town pool and traveling with the president.
- Trump’s decision to greet Chinese President Xi Jinping at the airport instead of waiting for him to drive to the White House shows how far the U.S. president is going to honor China’s leader during his first state visit to the U.S. capital in more than a decade.
- Trump and his team have filed several lawsuits against media organizations accusing them of bias, calling into question the boundaries of First Amendment protections for speech and press.
- The press corps' collective resistance to the Trump administration's actions marks a significant escalation in the ongoing dispute between the White House and media outlets.
- The press pool system's suspension highlights the potential impact of government actions on the ability of journalists to cover the president and his administration.
What's still developing
- Eighteen months ago, I wrote about the imperative of solidarity responses to Trump’s assault on the rule of law.
- “Nowhere yet have we seen true efforts at burden-sharing between those targeted and those not (yet) in the line of fire,” I wrote.
- Over the past week, the Washington press corps has offered a masterclass on collective resistance to Trump administration assaults on democracy and the rule of law.
- It’s the latest development in an extraordinary showdown between Trump and media outlets whose coverage he dislikes.
- Both Xi and his wife Peng were seen entering their vehicle, and the Trumps waited a while before walking off.
- “Everything they say is slanted against the Republican Party,” Trump wrote.
Sources
- Just Securitylink
- Aninewslink
- Indepthnhlink
- Newrepubliclink
- Marijuanamomentlink
- Tennistoniclink
- Seattletimeslink
- Irishtimeslink
- Fox Newslink
- Tribunelink
- CBS Newslink
- Firstamendmentlink
- WarpBeat — background on Trump Blocks CNN From Air Force One Amid Press Pool Dispute link
- WarpBeat — background on Trump should press Xi to stop support for Iran, Democratic senator says link
- C-SPAN — video link