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Attorney General Todd Blanche defended the Trump administration's decision to ban certain news outlets from the White House, arguing on television that access is a privilege rather than a right. The ban affects organizations including CNN, Politico, and MS NOW, whose press passes were confiscated by the Secret Service following accusations of inaccurate reporting.
Reports across the political spectrum agree that Attorney General Todd Blanche appeared on television to defend the administration's decision to restrict certain news outlets from the White House.
Right-leaning outlets like The Daily Signal and The Last Refuge strongly support the ban and criticize the media's reaction as a sense of entitlement. Left-leaning outlets like The New Republic characterize Blanche's defense as struggling or failing under questioning. Center and right outlets like The Hill and Breitbart News focus more neutrally or directly on Blanche's specific statements regarding press access and reporting accuracy.
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Blanche claims Trump ‘hasn’t denied access’ to White House reporters
Attorney General Todd Blanche on Sunday claimed that President Trump did not deny White House reporters access to the executive mansion, after the president banned CNN, Politico and MS NOW reporters from the grounds and had their passes confiscated by Secret Service. “Well, the president hasn’t denied access,” Blanche told host Martha Raddatz during the…
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Source context: Why did President Donald Trump ban CNN, MS NOW, and Politico from the White House? The better question is: What took so long? But Trump made his point. The man is angry at the blatantly biased and Trump-despising legacy media. He blames them for his poor poll numbers. His bittern…
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US attorney general argues that president is ‘sick and tired’ of inaccurate reporting by CNN, MS Now and PoliticoDonald Trump’s attorney general Todd Blanche argued on Sunday that the administration banned three news outlets from the White House because it is “privilege … not a right” to be there.Appearing on the ABC News program This Week during the…
Attorney General Todd Blanche crashed and burned while trying to defend President Donald Trump’s ever-increasing restrictions on the press.Speaking on ABC’s This Week Sunday, Blanche struggled to keep his composure while facing questions about a federal judge’s temporary injunction on Trump’s decision to ban CNN, MS NOW, and Politico from the White House.…
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Attorney General Todd Blanche on Sunday claimed that President Trump did not deny White House reporters access to the executive mansion, after the president banned CNN, Politico and MS NOW reporters from the grounds and had their passes confiscated by Secret Service. “Well, the president hasn’t denied access,” Blanche told host Martha Raddatz during the…
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Why did President Donald Trump ban CNN, MS NOW, and Politico from the White House? The better question is: What took so long? But Trump made his point. The man is angry at the blatantly biased and Trump-despising legacy media. He blames them for his poor poll numbers. His bitterness is more than justified. The...
Sunday on ABC’s “This Week,” Attorney General Todd Blanche said President Donald Trump is sick and tired of “certain media outlets just refusing to report accurate news.” Partial transcript as follows: MARTHA RADDATZ: President Trump responding to questions the day he
For the past week the collective lamestream media have been going through fits of apoplexy following President Trump denying White House access to three propaganda outfits, CNN, MSNow and Politico. Whenever Washington DC media are criticized or dismissed, they react in outrage due to their delusions of grandeur, a genuine belief in their own importance.…
The mainstream media outlets are in shambles after President Trump banned CNN, MS NOW, and Politico from White House access, with some claiming the move goes against their constitutional right to cover him.But BlazeTV host Sara Gonzales explains they're framing it all wrong.“I regret to inform you that the fake news media has a new thing that they are…
Attorney General Todd Blanche defended the White House’s reporter ban on Sunday, reiterating that it was implemented for national security purposes. “Well, the president hasn’t denied access, that’s not the right way to describe it,” Blanche said while speaking with Martha Raddatz on ABC News’s This Week. She asked Blanche to justify the lack of…
