Trump announced Friday in a Truth Social post that he was banning those three outlets from the White House, claiming that their coverage is “fake news.” While MS Now is left-leaning and very critical of Trump, it’s not exactly clear why he chose CNN and Politico. Those two outlets aim to be neutral and have, if anything, been too solicitous of our authoritarian president. (To be sure, Trump and his aides seem obsessed with and deeply frustrated by CNN’s Kaitlin Collins.) And this was not an ideal threat. On Saturday and Sunday, journalists from these three outlets were blocked from the White House, and some have had their press badges either confiscated or deactivated by the Secret Service. And the president warned in his post, “Other Fake News Media Outlets to follow.”
And while Politico, CNN, and MS NOW are news outlets, they are more broadly both organizations independent of the government and not part of the MAGA. Trump is trying to destroy basically all of American civil society that’s not beholden to him or the Republican Party. So that’s universities, think tanks, law firms, activist groups, and any other organization that allows its employees to be critical of Trump. It’s important to see the banning of these three news outlets as part of his comprehensive attack on independent institutions.
Many people I respect, such as the Bulwark’s Bill Kristol, say that other news organizations should immediately pull their reporters from the White House, both in solidarity with the three banned outlets and to show their strong objections to Trump’s move. I would be fine if they took that step. I’m thrilled to see the major television networks (ABC, CBS, Fox News, and NBC) on Monday announced that they were suspending their usual “pool” coverage in protest of the ban on their colleagues.
Second, they should be prepared to walk. If Judge Kelly rules in favor of Trump’s exclusion, a ruling is delayed for several days, or Trump refuses to comply with an order to let these outlets back in the White House, then other news organizations must collectively boycott. There is an important principle here: No president should be able to dictate which outlets cover him. If Trump succeeds in stopping Collins and MS NOW in particular from being in the White House, anyone who covers this White House critically will be a clear target for a ban. That can’t be allowed to happen.
The exclusion of these outlets is part of Trump’s wars on the media and independent organizations. It’s also part of a third war: His attempt to wrestle control of public properties and lands and instead treat them as essentially parts of a Trump Empire. There are numerous examples of this tendency: destroying the White House East Wing to build a ballroom; trying to rename the Kennedy Center after himself; barring reporters from certain parts of the Pentagon; his proposal to build a new arch in Washington, D.C; undermining the head of the Smithsonian until he resigned.
He is seeking to turn the Kennedy Center into a space where only art that Trump agrees with is performed and the White House into a space where only journalism that Trump agrees with can be created. That’s very authoritarian and must be stopped.
You might feel like Trump coverage from CNN and Politico too often falls into false equivalence. You might think that MS NOW’s journalists can describe how terrible of a president Trump is without ever setting foot in the White House. I agree on both counts. But this is a big deal. The White House is the people’s house. A robust news media is part of our democracy. We need to make sure that Politico, MS NOW, and CNN are let back in the White House—and that after 2028, a wannabe-dictator like Donald Trump is never allowed to live there again.
Hence then, the article about the white house press corps must stand with cnn ms now and politico was published today ( ) and is available on The New Republic ( Middle East ) The editorial team at PressBee has edited and verified it, and it may have been modified, fully republished, or quoted. You can read and follow the updates of this news or article from its original source.
Read More Details
Finally We wish PressBee provided you with enough information of ( The White House Press Corps Must Stand With CNN, MS NOW, and Politico )
Also on site :