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OPINION: President Trump’s White House media ban is dangerous for democracy
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- Sep 28, 2026, 8:44 PM UTC
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On Friday September 18th, President Trump took to Truth Social to make one of the most concerning announcements of his presidency. In the post he would announce that he would banning CNN, MSNOW, and Politico from the White House press pool, citing that the outlets were ‘’fake news media.’’ ‘’I am proud to announce…
The First Amendment protects the press precisely because U.S. presidents cannot make that decision to cherry-pick media access as a loyalty test.
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