President Donald Trump doesn’t like the coverage of him by CNN, MS NOW and Politico — and as of Saturday, the White House started enforcing the president’s ban on those news organizations from accessing the facility.
\n\nCNN, MS NOW and Politico said their staffers were denied access to the White House Saturday morning.
\n\nCNN senior White House reporter Betsy Klein was blocked from entry along with others, and their badges were taken away.
\n\nCNN said in a statement: “Early today, CNN journalists were denied access to the White House grounds. CNN’s mission to report on the U.S. government will continue regardless of any attempts to restrict physical access to the White House and other government buildings, or any other attempts to impede our journalism. We have a right under the U.S. Constitution to do our reporting without hindrance or interference from the government and this ban is an illegal assault on this fundamental right.”
\n\nMS NOW also said some of its journalists were denied access to the White House grounds Saturday morning. The network, formerly known as MSNBC, said it will “take any and all steps necessary to defend our First Amendment rights and the essential role of independent journalism…
Original source: https://variety.com/
