NewzCNN reporters have been barred from traveling with US President Donald Trump as planned on Saturday, in a new move by the White House to limit the news network’s access. The president last week sought to ban three US outlets – CNN, MS NOW and Politico – from the White House, accusing them of providing only negative coverage on him. After journalists with the three outlets were blocked from entering the White House complex, a judge ordered their access to be temporarily restored, saying Trump’s move was likely unconstitutional.
For Trump’s trip on Saturday to Tennessee, CNN had been scheduled to be the TV network in the press “pool” traveling with him. However, a schedule released by the White House on Friday evening did not list CNN or any of the TV networks in the TV pool rotation. The pool is a rotating group of journalists that travel with the president and provide coverage to other outlets, due to limited space.
The White House schedule only listed a “Secondary TV” correspondent and crew: Lindell TV — a staunchly pro-Trump outlet run by his close ally, businessman Mike Lindell. Earlier this week, when CNN’s White House access was still revoked, the top five US broadcasters made a rare joint move to halt pool coverage of the White House in solidarity. “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,” ABC, CBS, CNN, Fox and NBC said. CNN declined to comment when reached Friday by AFP. The White House did not respond to a request for comment.
Vanguard News The post CNN blocked from Trump trip on Saturday appeared first on Vanguard News. Outlet had been scheduled to fly with Donald Trump to Tennessee for a college football game, network said FridayThe White House has blocked CNN from traveling aboard Air Force One on Saturday, impeding its TV press pool duties in the latest escalation of the administration’s battle with the news media.CNN had been scheduled to fly with Donald Trump to Tennessee for a college football game, the network said on Friday. The White House confirmed CNN’s exclusion when it did not list the network on guidance sent to the press corps regarding Trump’s schedule for Saturday.
(CNN) — The White House is barring CNN from flying on Air Force One on Saturday as part of the news outlet’s duties covering the president on behalf of major television networks. CNN had been scheduled to fly aboard the president’s plane on his trip to Tennessee for a college football game as part of the White House TV press pool — a small, rotating group of journalists that cover the president in areas where space is limited and share the information they gather with other TV networks. The move — announced Friday night in a White House note that lays out the president’s schedule — represents the Trump administration’s latest salvo against CNN and the broader White House press corps.
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