Media Supression

Picking Them Off One-by-One

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Article in The Hill by Sarah Davis, 10/21/26

Headline:  “WHCA condemns removal of journalist from White House pool”

“White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) President Jacqui Heinrich on Wednesday condemned the White House’s decision to restrict a journalist’s access to cover President Trump after the president lashed out at him in the Oval Office earlier this week.”

“Andrew Feinberg, a correspondent for The Independent, was scheduled to serve as the print pool reporter on Thursday. The White House pulled him from this duty, which included traveling with the president, according to Feinberg. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://thehill.com/media/6164506-whca-condemns-trump-retaliation/

No Reporters Need Apply

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Article in The Washington Post by Scott Nover and Miriam Waldvogel

Headline: “White House takes new swipes at press, blocking a reporter and threatening an outlet”

Subhead:  “The moves mark the latest attempt by the White House to push back on coverage it dislikes by revoking access normally granted to members of the media.”

“The White House this week launched new broadsides against the news media, blocking a reporter from serving in the pool covering the president and sending a letter threatening Politico over its coverage of White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2026/10/21/white-house-takes-new-swipes-press-blocking-reporter-threatening-an-outlet/

Trump Still Blocks CNN

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Article in The Hill by Dominick Mastrangelo, 10/20/26

Headline: “CNN threatens Trump’s DOJ with further legal action over Air Force One blocks”

“CNN is threatening President Trump’s Department of Justice (DOJ) with further legal action if the White House continues blocking the network from performing its duties in pool rotation.

In a letter to the DOJ this week, CNN’s attorney Ted Boutrous wrote “these efforts to retaliate and discriminate against CNN based on the content of its news coverage are mistaken, counterproductive, and unlawful,” the outlet reported. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://thehill.com/homenews/media/6161064-cnn-threatens-doj-legal-action/

Press Pool or Swimming Pool?

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Article in The New York Times by Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan, 10/20/26

Headline: “Trump Pushes to Evict the Press From the White House”

Subhead:  “President Trump has talked about replacing the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room with an indoor swimming pool.”

“. . .Mr. Trump has told aides he would prefer to bring back the indoor pool President Franklin D. Roosevelt added in 1933 as therapy for his polio-afflicted legs; President Richard Nixon later covered it over to make room for the news media. Journalists who are credentialed to cover the White House work out of a small office space connected to the press briefing room.

“While moving the media out of the White House may be a relatively small debate considering Mr. Trump’s attacks on journalists more broadly, it would be highly symbolic. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/20/us/politics/trump-white-house-media.html

Alternative Network for Alternative Facts

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Article in Poynter by Angela Fu, Ren LaForme and Amaris Castillo, 10/19/26

Headline:  “Opinion | The White House has a workaround when networks refuse to replace CNN”

Subhead:  “Since the White House restricted CNN’s press access, other networks have refused to replace it. It has turned to Real America’s Voice.”

“Over the weekend, CNN was once again blocked from traveling with President Donald Trump on Air Force One as part of the White House pool.

“And once again, conservative network Real America’s Voice was waiting in the wings, ready to provide pool footage after the other major networks declined to take CNN’s place. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.poynter.org/commentary/2026/white-house-cnn-ban-real-america-voice/

Reporters Unwelcome

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Article in Poynter by Angela Fu, 10/15/26

Headline: “A shrinking local press is making it easier for public officials to restrict access”

Subhead: “Reporters across the country say they’re being denied credentials, shut out of government spaces and stonewalled by public officials”

“As CNN, Politico and MS NOW challenge their White House ban in court, a similar press access battle is playing out in Utah — one that dates back to the beginning of last year. . .”

“Across the country, journalists at the state and local levels are experiencing many of the same access issues as their national counterparts. They are being turned away from press conferences, stonewalled by politicians and excluded from government spaces they previously had access to. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.poynter.org/reporting-editing/2026/local-news-press-access-public-officials/

In the Fire With a CBS’ Dear Leader

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Article in Status by Oliver Darcy, 10/13/26

Headline: “CBS’ Foreign Explosion”

Subhead: “Bari Weiss’ handpicked foreign editor unleashed an explosive tirade at CBS News staffers, threatened insubordinate journalists with firing, and clashed with correspondent Holly Williams, according to audio obtained by Status.”

“. . [Shayndi] Raice told the assembled journalists that she wanted to address the report, before launching into an uninterrupted 15-minute tirade in which she fiercely defended her editorial decisions, insisted they did not constitute ‘interference,’ and warned that ‘insubordination’ would not be tolerated, declaring it ‘legal grounds for firing.’. .”

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https://www.status.news/p/bari-weiss-holly-williams-cbs-news-israel-coverage

Journalism, War, and Lies

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Article in The Nation by Marwan Bishara, 10/112/26

Headline:  “Writing About War as Bombs Fall”

Subhead:  “While the Israeli government launched a well-orchestrated offensive of disinformation and hyperbole that would make the illegal permissible in the war on Gaza.

“When the Gaza war started three years ago, I took to the keyboard. In those dark times, writing was my only sanctuary amid the mayhem. I had written extensively about war in my career as a scholar and a journalist, but nothing prepared me for this war. The words that came to mind felt jaded, even inadequate for what was unfolding in front of our eyes. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.thenation.com/article/world/gaza-war-three-years-global-opinion-israel/

Media Reported “Little Excursion”?

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Article in Poynter by Amy Sherman and Maria Briceño, 10/6/26z

Headline:  “Trump said the Iran war would last weeks. Now he says the media got it wrong.”

Subhead:  “Trump now says his 4-6 week estimate was about eliminating Iran’s nuclear threat. That’s not what he said at the time.”

“Donald Trump told them would be over in a matter of weeks — has led to higher inflation and energy prices, including for gasoline.

“Now seven months into the conflict, Trump is defending his decision to attack Iran with Israel on Feb. 28, but he’s recasting his initial timeline for what he once labeled a ‘little excursion.’. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.poynter.org/fact-checking/2026/trump-iran-war-timeline-media-fact-check/

Empty House, Arrest Reporter

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Article in The Hill by Max Rego, 10/5/26

Headline:  “Trump calls for media outlets to be ‘arrested’ over rally coverage”

“President Trump said Monday that reporters from The New York Times and other media outlets should be ‘arrested’ over their coverage of his Saturday rally in Ohio.

‘The Ohio Arena was already full to the brim — And yet these people were still trying to get in,’ Trump wrote on Truth Social, sharing a video of people in line for the rally.

“New York Times correspondent Katie Rogers wrote Sunday that ‘several areas of an upper deck were empty’ by the time the president finished speaking at Butler High School in Vandalia. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/6130397-trump-media-arrests-ohio-rally/