Episode 5677: President Bans Liberal Media; Heads To Gracie MAnsion

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What is the White House’s justification for banning MS‑Now, CNN, and Politico?

Joe Scarborough 0:00
Trump White House banning of MS Now, CNN, and political reporters, a joint statement from those three news organizations reads as follows Quote This morning we notified the government that we are filing a lawsuit today to protect our First Amendment rights and defend the principle that the government does not decide what the press reports or publishes. Without notice or process, The White House revoked our journalist credentials because it objected to our reporting. Left unchallenged, this threatens freedom of the press and the public's right to independent journalism free from government interference.
Harry Enten 0:40
Um, we did just get a statement from the president he posted on social media. I'm gonna read this out loud. He says the White House is not instituting an assault on the free press, comma, something which I cherish. It is instituting an assault on the fake news, something that has grown like cancer in our beloved United States of America. It is corrupt, purposeful, pervasive, fully coordinated, and totally out of control. It is a threat to our national security and must be stopped now. Now thank you for your attention to this matter. So the first line, the White House is not instituting an assault on the free press, something which I cherish. What evidence is there that that President Trump cherishes the free press?
Ayesha Roscoe 1:22
Well, I I think we we have a lot of evidence to the contrary. And he did say, um, in in the Oval Office that this was about the free press. Um and and this was, you know, something aimed at the free press. Um, whether he misspoke or not, that's what he said. I think what you're seeing here is that he's getting some advice from the Justice Department that he has to somehow tie this to national security. Um but but the issue is it's not for Trump to decide what is fake news and what is the free press. The free press means that they can report news that the the president doesn't like. That is what the free press is and that they can report news that uh you know that makes the president look bad. Um that is what it means to have a free press.
Ayesha Roscoe 2:07
Um and you know under a a you know more liberal uh administration They haven't liked like Fox News, right? Yeah. They haven't liked conservative press. But you can't discriminate because you don't like the coverage of a news network.
Unknown 2:23
Trump told Fox News yesterday he is in a quote deciding mode, describing his current choices as wiping Iran out, letting them rot economically, or making a deal. The President added, quote, My question is if and when do I blow the entire nation up, they better behave. Iran warns it will retaliate without limitations if the US attacks. Again, Ed I mean we're back in that familiar cycle, right? I'm either gonna blow them up and force them to capitulate or they are on the verge of negotiations and they are begging for some kind of a deal. I feel like there's a kind of s a circle and at some point we join the circle depending on where the president is in that argument. But the Iranians understand he really doesn't want to blow them up.
Unknown 3:04
The Houthis now understand he doesn't want to blow them up either. Every signal that he is getting is not what he's say his rhetoric just does not match what he's actually doing anymore. Or how much of a problem is that for him? Oh, it's a huge pro and a recurring problem as as you imply. I mean, last year there was a fifty day US attack on the Houthis. Um that um ended with them agreeing not to target US ships in the Babel Mandurb and Trump saying so it's all over. Um it didn't actually change Houthie behavior, it didn't disrupt their positions too much, it cost a lot of US munitions. uh and ammunition which US had plenty of a year ago, but is uh a very depleted situation today. So I imagine when Trump is getting these calls from um Mohammed bin Salman, the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, asking the US to intervene, he's got uh the Saudis begging for that help on the one hand, but on the other he's got the Pentagon saying to him, Look, munitions are low and
Unknown 4:05
What did last year's fifty day assault actually achieve?

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