Kicked out of the White House: Trump’s dispute with the media escalates

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Kicked out of the White House: Trump’s dispute with the media escalates

Donald Trump portrays the world-famous TV station CNN and other media as garbage, compares them to cancer – and banishes them from the White House. But he encounters resistance.

After the TV station was kicked out CNN The feud between the US president escalates from the White House Donald Trump and several US media outlets. The media affected by the exclusion, CNN, “Politico” and MS NOW, are going to court to fight back for their places in the White House. The dispute extends even further: the close TV support on Trump appointments and trips, which is regulated by a rotation principle by major TV stations, was stopped by these stations – as a protest because CNN is part of the group.

One consequence of the limited support could be that reporting on Trump declines and TV material about the president is no longer available as completely as possible. When accompanying Trump, the broadcasters generally make their material available to other media. The so-called pool principle also exists so that media companies can share costs.

The pool network includes the TV channels ABC, CBS, CNN, Fox News and NBC. CNN would actually have Trump on his trip to on Monday new York accompanied to the United Nations. But that doesn’t happen. The result is that other media do not receive any video material from the so-called TV pool.

CNN, the news portal “Politico” and MS NOW have now filed a complaint with a court in the US capital Washington their lawsuit. The ban represents a “threat to press freedom and the public’s right to independent journalism without government interference,” the media said in a joint statement. The aim is to “defend the principle that the government does not decide what the press reports on or publishes.”

The media’s lawsuit is an urgent application. This means that a court must deal with the case quickly. It was requested that the court immediately prohibit the ban.

Trump announced on Friday that the three media outlets would be banned from entering the White House with immediate effect. The US President accused them of spreading fake news. Critics see this as an attempt at intimidation and an attack on press freedom. What exactly prompted Trump’s announcement remained unclear.

On Saturday, journalists from all three media outlets were denied access to the White House grounds, as the media companies announced or reported. CNN is one of the most famous news channels in the world. “Politico” is part of the portfolio of the German media group Axel Springer.

It is unclear how long reporters will no longer be allowed to enter the White House grounds. Trump did not give a time frame and even threatened to extend the ban to other media.