On September 19, 2026, access to the White House was denied to journalists from CNN, MS NOW (formerly MSNBC), and Politico, one day after US President Donald Trump announced this measure. Reporters and cameramen had their accreditations confiscated by the US Secret Service at a security checkpoint outside the West Wing. Cheyenne Haslett, a Politico journalist, was also prevented from entering and her White House pass was seized, according to Knack.be and Pagina12.com.ar. This decision follows President Trump's statements on his Truth Social platform. He had asserted that "the media should not be able to constantly write fiction and lies when they are covering the American president, the American government, or America." He further specified, according to TheFederalist.com, that he...
There is a general consensus that Donald Trump banned CNN and other media outlets (MS NOW, Politico) from the White House, with the majority of Western (Liberal, Center-Left) and East/South (Left/Kirchnerist, Pan-African/Left) sources condemning this decision as an attack on press freedom. The major dissonance comes from the Dissident bloc. While Mediapart...
This synthesis compares media coverage and flags blind spots, biases and conflicts of interest around this topic.
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