CNN 'Barred' From Trump Trip to Tennessee, React As You Would Expect
On Friday night, CNN announced they were “barred” from traveling with President Trump on his trip to Knoxville, Tennessee, and gave the story on themselves the breaking news treatment. CNN reported they were due to travel on Air Force One, as it was the channel’s turn in the network press pool on Saturday, before they were removed.
'Like Watergate!' Scarborough's Tantrum Over Press Ban Compliance
Joe Scarborough went on a rant on Friday's Morning Joe, demanding that whoever instructed Secret Service agents not to immediately restore access to previously banned outlets—even after a judge issued a temporary order—should be jailed. Scarborough continued: "I want to know who is saying, ignore a federal judge's order, because this sounds a lot like Watergate to me."
Cornish Rebukes Panelist For Laughing At Bar That Had a Mask Mandate
The Friday edition of CNN This Morning closed out with a small blue-on-blue scuffle as host Audie Cornish told Vox podcaster Noel King, "Don't laugh," when she was discussing a Massachusetts lesbian bar that recently upset its customers by partially removing its COVID mask mandate. At the same time, New York Times journalist Lulu Garcia-Navarro insisted, “This is complicated.”
Tapper's ID of Illegal Shot by ICE: A 'Gentleman Driving DoorDash'
On Tuesday, new videos emerged shedding more light on the ICE shooting of Venezuelan illegal immigrant Wilber Garces Perez, Sunday in Austin Texas, including that a car chase, appears to have occurred after he had been stopped by ICE, leading to the shooting. Tuesday on CNN's The Lead with Jake Tapper, both a report on the videos and a follow-up with Perez's attorney, ignored obvious questions…
Trump Bans Media From the White House — This Is Why He’s Angry
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.
CNN’s Erin Burnett Crashes Out Over Xi Jinping’s White House Visit
On Wednesday, Erin Burnett’s opening monologue for OutFront began with lamenting CNN’s lack of coverage on China President Xi Jinping’s first White House visit in over 10 years due to the media ban. Burnett reached on how both presidents were alike, and opened discussion for more disparaging comments; she herself in agreement with opinions regarding President Trump’s “dictatorial” nature.
CNN Treats WH Return Like Iwo Jima; ‘Press Freedom Is Your Freedom’
Years from now, people will ask (but not really): Where were you on September 24, 2026, when CNN, MS NOW, and Politico were allowed back at the White House? Based on their coverage in the immediate moments afterward, CNN showed it would treat this like a birthday, wedding anniversary, or even a historical event like their version of Marines raising the flag during the Battle of Iwo Jima,…
CNN Host Hits Wes Moore with Migrant-Crime Question, Spurring ICE Rant
On Sunday, CNN’s State of the Union with Jake Tapper and Dana Bash hosted Maryland Governor Wes Moore. Bash questioned Moore about crimes committed by illegal immigrants, but the conversation quickly shifted to criticizing ICE. Moore claimed that ICE is bigger than the FBI and is putting “unaccountable and unqualified people” into communities.
El-Sayed Called for a President to ‘Purge the Media and the Police’
Democrat Abdul El-Sayed is condemning President Donald Trump’s authority to ban CNN, MS Now and Politico from the White House – but, a statement by the Socialist-aligned Michigan Democrat Senate candidate called for another president to “purge the police and media.”
CNN, MS NOW, Politico Return to WH, 12 Hours After Judge’s Order
In the early hours Thursday, D.C. District Court Judge Timothy Kelly ruled for CNN, MS NOW, and Politico in their lawsuit against the Trump administration after the President announced Friday they were banned from the White House. Kelly said they had “shown a likelihood of success, at least on their Fifth Amendment procedural due process claim” of being barred without notice or a chance to…
CNN’s Erin Burnett Mocks TrumpTV While Network Censors Trump Speech
On Tuesday, CNN’s Erin Burnett OutFront victim complex led to a lecture on President Trump’s recent media ban of CNN, Politico, and MS NOW to White House grounds. Instead of airing news on Trump for the American people, however, Burnett publicly aired out how CNN edits their newscast depending how they see fit.
CNN Host DEFENDS Press Obsessing Over Itself as Educational to Public
Having been a network where pomposity and an absence of humility reigned supreme during Jeff Zucker’s tenure, CNN has relapsed since Friday, when President Trump banned it from the White House, and thus it was no surprise that Wednesday’s The Arena included a breathtakingly absurd monologue from host Kasie Hunt arguing the press flaunting itself isn’t selfish or proof they don’t care about the…
CNN's Jennings Says CNN Is News, MS NOW Is 'Total Alternate Reality'
On Monday, CNN, MS NOW and Politico sued President Trump, looking to overturn his order banning three networks from the White House, a federal judge scheduled a conference hearing for Wednesday, and five WH television pool members including FOX News Media, announced they're suspending pooled coverage of the President. Monday on CNN's NewsNight with Abby Phillip, it was all on the table, and…
The 10 Silliest Quotes from CNN/MS NOW/Politico Suit Against Trump
On Monday, CNN teamed up with MS NOW (the artist formerly known as MSNBC) and Politico in a joint lawsuit against the Trump administration and a litany of officials, demanding their access to the White House grounds be restored after Friday’s shocking, unilateral ban by President Trump. Since then, of course, the three have relished the spotlight and cloaking themselves in martyrdom we are to…