President Donald Trump announced Friday that CNN, MS NOW and Politico will be banned from the White House."I am proud to announce that, effective immediately, I am banning Fake News CNN, MSNOW ...and Politico ...
from the White House as a result of their constant 'reporting' FAKE NEWS!" Trump wrote in a Truth Social post.Trump doubled down on his announced ban while taking questions from reporters at the Oval Office, citing "cumulative stories" the three outlets have published over the years."You get sick of it," Trump said.CNN FIRES BACK AT TRUMP WHITE HOUSE OVER ATTACKS ON REPORTER, CALLS THEM 'BENEATH THE OFFICE'President Donald Trump announced he is banning CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House.(AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)Trump denied he was trying to intimidate the press from doing its job in an exchange with another reporter.For decades, CNN has been part of a rotating pool of five networks, including Fox News, that travel with the president around the world.Notably, CNN has already been selected to lead network pool coverage Monday as Trump is set to attend the United Nations General Assembly.TRUMP BLASTS NEW YORK TIMES, CNN FOR 'SEDITIOUS' COVERAGE OF IRAN WARPresident Donald Trump was pressed by reporters about his announced ban of CNN, MS NOW and Politico.
(Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images)Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the Republican Arkansas governor and former White House press secretary during the first Trump administration, was in attendance at the Oval Office event focused on healthcare and rejected the notion that Trump opposes a free press that's enshrined in the First Amendment of the Constitution."I think it's hard for you to argue against a free press when you're literally standing in the Oval Office asking questions of the president of the United States," Sanders told reporters."He has been more accessible and easier to talk to than any president in history."CLICK HERE FOR THE LATEST MEDIA AND CULTURE NEWSRepublican Arkansas Governor Sarah Hu...