Journalists from MS NOW were denied access to the White House grounds early Saturday, one day after Trump banned three media outlets over their coverage of him.
Journalists from MS NOW were denied access to the White House grounds early Saturday, one day after President Donald Trump said he is banning three media outlets - MS NOW, CNN and Politico - over their coverage of him.
"Earlier this morning MS NOW journalists were denied access to the White House grounds," MSN said in a statement. "The White House belongs to the American people and the decisions made inside are funded by our tax dollars. MS NOW intends to take any and all steps necessary to defend our First Amendment rights and the essential role of independent journalism in our democracy." MS NOW said it will "continue to report on the President, the administration, and the issues that impact the American people."
On Friday, Trump said in a Truth Social post that those outlets "shouldn't be able to constantly write or report FICTION and LIES when they're covering the President of the United States, the Trump Administration, or the United States of America."
Later that day, in the Oval Office, the president said he was imposing the ban in response to "cumulative stories" by the three outlets.
In 2018, Trump's White House briefly tried to suspend a CNN reporter's press pass, and it is currently being sued over an attempted ban of Associated Press journalists from certain spaces.
Trump said Friday that the effort to bar news outlets is worthwhile, even if it does not hold up in court.
"I think it's good to point it out whether it survives or doesn't," Trump said.
- CNBC's Kevin Breuninger and Dan Mangan contributed to this report.
Disclosure: CNBC and MS NOW are divisions of Versant Media.
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