From TV insider:
The major news networks are teaming up to counter Donald Trump‘s ban of select networks from the White House’s press pool.
In a joint statement issued by the pool members from ABC News, CBS News, CNN, Fox News, and NBC News, the networks said, “The public has a vital interest in receiving accurate, independent information about its government. No administration should restrict a news organization because it objects to its reporting.”
Fox News Washington Bureau Chief Bryan Boughton further wrote to TV pool subscribers in an email, per Politico, “This is to advise that, effective today, the TV pool will not be covering events designated as pool coverage of the president. This follows the White House’s position preventing CNN from fulfilling its assigned pool duties. There will be no replacement pool put in place.”
All of these networks will reportedly not participate in White House coverage. This move is in response to Donald Trump’s administration’s decision to ban CNN, MS Now, and Politico from the press pool.
The three barred networks announced their decision to file suit against the administration on Monday (September 21) as well, after their journalists’ credentials were revoked.
In a joint statement from CNN, MS Now, and Politico, they announced, “This morning, we notified the government that we are filing a lawsuit today to protect our First Amendment rights and defend the principle that the government does not decide what the press reports or publishes. Without notice or process, the White House revoked our journalists’ credentials because it objected to our reporting. Left unchallenged, this threatens press freedom and the public’s right to independent journalism free from government interference.”
Donald Trump previously announced his intention to bar the networks on Truth Social on Friday, adding, “Other Fake News Media Outlets to follow.”
The networks filing suit against the administration call Trump’s move a “direct assault on the First Amendment” and a “violation of our most fundamental constitutional principles.”
Three White House reporters — Akayla Gardner of MS NOW, Betsy Klein of CNN, and Politico’s Cheyenne Haslett — are named as the plaintiffs. All three were denied entry to the White House on Saturday (September 19), and a Secret Service officer took their passes.
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From Yahoo news:
Several Fox News talking heads blasted President Donald Trump on Friday after he banned CNN, MS NOW, and Politico from the White House.
Fox News White House Correspondent Jacqui Heinrich, president of the White House Correspondents' Association, issued a statement via the WHCA condemning the move:
Fox News Chief Political Analyst Brit Hume agreed, quote-tweeting Turley to say:
"Look, I don't think it's a good signal of what the president should be focused on," he said. "He needs to be focused like a laser on the economy, foreign policy with the U.N. meetings next week. And he's talking about banning media outlets. It's not good. I don't think there's a legal case to be made against it. But certainly politically, it makes him look angry at tough coverage at a time when people are worried about the direction of the country."
The major news networks are teaming up to counter Donald Trump‘s ban of select networks from the White House’s press pool.
In a joint statement issued by the pool members from ABC News, CBS News, CNN, Fox News, and NBC News, the networks said, “The public has a vital interest in receiving accurate, independent information about its government. No administration should restrict a news organization because it objects to its reporting.”
Fox News Washington Bureau Chief Bryan Boughton further wrote to TV pool subscribers in an email, per Politico, “This is to advise that, effective today, the TV pool will not be covering events designated as pool coverage of the president. This follows the White House’s position preventing CNN from fulfilling its assigned pool duties. There will be no replacement pool put in place.”
All of these networks will reportedly not participate in White House coverage. This move is in response to Donald Trump’s administration’s decision to ban CNN, MS Now, and Politico from the press pool.
The three barred networks announced their decision to file suit against the administration on Monday (September 21) as well, after their journalists’ credentials were revoked.
In a joint statement from CNN, MS Now, and Politico, they announced, “This morning, we notified the government that we are filing a lawsuit today to protect our First Amendment rights and defend the principle that the government does not decide what the press reports or publishes. Without notice or process, the White House revoked our journalists’ credentials because it objected to our reporting. Left unchallenged, this threatens press freedom and the public’s right to independent journalism free from government interference.”
Donald Trump previously announced his intention to bar the networks on Truth Social on Friday, adding, “Other Fake News Media Outlets to follow.”
The networks filing suit against the administration call Trump’s move a “direct assault on the First Amendment” and a “violation of our most fundamental constitutional principles.”
Three White House reporters — Akayla Gardner of MS NOW, Betsy Klein of CNN, and Politico’s Cheyenne Haslett — are named as the plaintiffs. All three were denied entry to the White House on Saturday (September 19), and a Secret Service officer took their passes.
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From Yahoo news:
Fox News Personalities Pummel Trump’s Media Ban: ‘It Achieves Nothing and Is Exhausting’
Several Fox News talking heads blasted President Donald Trump on Friday after he banned CNN, MS NOW, and Politico from the White House.
Fox News White House Correspondent Jacqui Heinrich, president of the White House Correspondents' Association, issued a statement via the WHCA condemning the move:
John Roberts, who co-hosts Fox's America Reports, said he does not expect the ban to last long:
Fox News contributor Jonathan Turley ripped the ban as "an assault on long-honored principles of a free press.
Fox News Chief Political Analyst Brit Hume agreed, quote-tweeting Turley to say:
Ari Fleischer, another Fox News contributor and a former White House press secretary, said that while the banned outlets' coverage of the president has been "biased and unfair," barring them is not the answer:
And Fox News Political Analyst Guy Benson called Trump's move "exhausting":
And on Friday's Special Report, Fox News radio political analyst Josh Kraushaar said the ban makes Trump "look angry."
"Look, I don't think it's a good signal of what the president should be focused on," he said. "He needs to be focused like a laser on the economy, foreign policy with the U.N. meetings next week. And he's talking about banning media outlets. It's not good. I don't think there's a legal case to be made against it. But certainly politically, it makes him look angry at tough coverage at a time when people are worried about the direction of the country."
