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The ban on access to CNN, MS NOW and 'Politics' has entered into force on Saturday: the Secret Service has denied access to the premises to reporters and has confiscated the press credential
Three US news outlets said their journalists were blocked from entering the White House grounds, hours after President Donald Trump announced bans on several media outlets.
Donald Trump, dramatically intensifying his war against the media, announced Friday that he would ban access to the White House to CNN and MSNOW television channels (formerly MSNBC) as well as to the online media Politico "with immediate effect".
Donald Trump announced Friday he is banning CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House, accusing all three outlets of spreading 'fake news'. The move is almost certain to face legal challenges, and has been denounced by press freedom advocates. The US president's relationship with media outlets has long been fraught, as Charlotte Hughes explains.
Trump bans CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House, accusing them of ‘fake news.’
Donald Trump, President of the United States, reported through his social network Truth Social on the decision to ban access to the White House by CNN, MSNOW and Political Correspondents, whom he listed as spreading false news. He justified the measure by ensuring that "other false news media" could follow the same path. From Washington, our correspondent Cristóbal Vásquez expands our information.
The US president on Friday announced he is "immediately" banning CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House.
US President Donald Trump has accused CNN, MS NOW and Politico of spreading fake news. The outlets have vowed to take legal action against the ban.
The American president went to his Truth Social network to report on the decision that affects the three-media correspondents he listed as spreading "fake news." He justified the measure by announcing that "other false news media will continue." The announcement is a further escalation of the Republican president against the press he considers critical.
US President Donald Trump on Friday said he would ban media outlets CNN, MSNOW and Politico from the White House over what he described as unfavourable coverage in his latest test of the US Constitution's First Amendment protection of press freedom.
Trump, who often accuses mainstream media outlets of writing "fake news," said on Truth Social that those outlets shouldn't be allowed to "FICTION and LIES."
The US president insists media outlets report 'fiction and lies' as he announces new bans on White House access.
The US president has had a tense and fiery relationship with the US media throughout his political career.
