Washington: US President Donald Trump has announced an immediate ban on CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House.
He accused the three news organisations of publishing “fake news” about his administration.
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The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press said the move could face a constitutional challenge. Brown, said, “A ban like this would be flatly unconstitutional,” arguing that the government cannot exclude journalists because of their reporting once it has opened access to other journalists. In February 2025, the White House restricted AP journalists from Oval Office events and the Air Force One after the news agency continued using “Gulf of Mexico” rather than Trump’s preferred term, “Gulf of America”. The administration said AP’s position was “divisive”.
He added, “Media 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. Other Fake News Media Outlets to follow. The president did not identify a specific report that led to the decision. Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office, he defended the move and accused the three organisations of deliberately presenting his administration negatively. “They’re fake news. He singled out Politico over federal government payments for subscriptions to its news and research services. “It’s fake news…
And when you look at P, is Politico, I mean, they got a government — the government under Biden gave them like USD 8 million to keep them afloat.
You get so tired of reading and seeing fake news,” he said while talking about MS NOW, which was formerly known as MSNBC. In his post, he alleged that the publication received an “illegal and ridiculous $8 Million Dollar subscription” from the US government under former President Joe Biden and called it “corruption”. The stories they wrote are fake,” he said.
