MS NOW denied White House access after Trump ban
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CNN, Politico and MS NOW are all on the banned list from the White House, effective immediately, per Donald Trump. MS NOW's own people got turned away from the grounds this morning, and there's press hanging around outside the complex waiting to see who even gets in. MS NOW wants reporters to stand in solidarity with the outlets shut out. Here's the thing: find me the line in the First Amendment that guarantees unlimited White House access. It's not in there. Reporters already pressed Trump in the Oval Office on the Constitution and the First Amendment, and he called this what it is, a ban on the free press, no hedging. So spare me the outrage tour from a network that's lying about what the law actually says.
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colleagues that at least have been denied access to the White House today. Well, I can't say that I've seen people actually going on to the White House complex. There is a number of press here who were clearly waiting to see if reporters from our network from CNN or Politico were arriving here today. So there is some press presence just frankly around the White House complex. But I do expect there to be solidarity. And we already saw that yesterday in the Oval Office where we saw a number of reporters from multiple outlets pressing the president on his commitment to the Constitution, on his commitment to the First Amendment, and he really didn't have a real reason for this ban. He explicitly called it a ban on the free press. So the president is not making any qualms about what he's doing. He's making very clear what he intends to do with this decision. And so, and so, Jeff, that's going to be a little
