News Outlets Protest Trump's Media Bans, Trump At UNGA, Paramount Merger Settlement
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Why are major news outlets protesting President Trump’s media ban?
Media outlets, including NPR, are protesting President Trump's ban on CNN, MSNOW, and Politico.
Organizations from Fox News to The New York Times are refusing to use shared audio, video, and photographs of the president.
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today. The country's biggest news organizations are banding together in protest of President Trump's attacks on journalists.
Media outlets, including The New York Times and Fox News, are suspending their use of what's called pool audio, video and photographs of the president. That's where a small group of reporters follows the president around. NPR is a leader in the radio pool and will not use audio from White House events until further notice. Here's what they're all responding to. Reporters from CNN, MSNOW, and Politico were banned from entering the White House because the president didn't like what they reported. Those news organizations have sued the administration.
NPR's Brian Mann is following the developments and joins me now. Good morning, Brian.
Good morning, Layla.
So this expanded fast yesterday. What happened?
Well, really something we haven't seen before. You know, Trump's worked throughout his second term to pressure news organizations. He's used lawsuits and the power of regulatory agencies to threaten media companies when he doesn't like their coverage or their portrayals of him. But his latest move, blocking White House access for journalists from these three major news organizations, it triggered a very different, more unified response. First, we saw five major TV networks that provide that pool coverage Steve mentioned. of Trump. They all announced they're suspending shared efforts as a protest against Trump's action. This decision to push back against the White House was made in part by Brian Bouton, who chairs the TV pool, and he announced the boycott in an email to pool video subscribers.
Bouton is the Washington bureau chief of Fox News, an outlet that's often been perceived as friendly to Trump. Here's how Fox News reported on the network's joint decision.
Now, the White House television pool, which includes Fox News, releasing a joint statement, it reads the following. The public has a vital interest in receiving accurate, independent information about its government. No administration should restrict a news organization because it objects to its reporting, end quote.
Now, Laila, that protest then expanded through the day on Monday as other organizations, including The New York Times, NPR and The Washington Post, announced they too were suspending use of shared pool photographs and audio.
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