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Journalists from MS NOW, CNN and Politico were denied access to the White House grounds Saturday, a day after President Donald Trump said on social media<\/a> that he had banned the news outlets over what he called their \u201cconstant \u2018reporting\u2019 FAKE NEWS.\u201d
\u201cThe White House belongs to the American people and the decisions made inside are funded by our tax dollars,\u201d MS NOW said in a statement posted on X<\/a>.
\u201cMS NOW intends to take any and all steps necessary to defend our First Amendment rights and the essential role of independent journalists in our democracy,\u201d it added. The First Amendment guarantees freedom of the press.
MS NOW reporter Akayla Gardner said her White House badge did not work when she arrived Saturday morning.
\u201cThe officer asked me to hand over my badge,\u201d she said on air. \u201cHe said that it was disabled. I asked why I was not able to get inside. He said it was above him.\u201d
An MS NOW photographer was also denied access, Gardner said, while one of the network\u2019s producers was allowed onto the White House grounds. It was not immediately clear why their access differed.
CNN White House reporter Betsy Klein was also turned away when she attempted to enter the grounds.
Klein spent about a minute inside the security kiosk before emerging without her credential, which she said had been confiscated.
CNN confirmed Saturday that its journalists were denied access.
\u201cWe have a right under the U.S. Constitution to do our reporting without hinderance or interference from the government and this ban is an illegal assault on this fundamental right,\u201d the outlet said in a statement posted on X.<\/a>
\u201cWe will not be deflected from our duty to hold the government and other public bodies to account, and we will continue to report on the actions and processes of this administration without fear or favor,\u201d the statement added.
Politico\u2019s Cheyenne Haslett was denied access to the grounds. She was inside the security kiosk briefly before exiting.
Politico Playbook reported in its newsletter shortly afterward the outlet\u2019s editor-in-chief, Jonathan Greenberger, sent a newsroomwide email about the denial, adding Haslett had her pass confiscated by the Secret Service.
\u201cWe stand by her and all reporters here covering the White House. As we said yesterday, we will vigorously defend our First Amendment rights,\u201d Greenberger said.
The White House declined to comment further Saturday, referring NBC News to Trump\u2019s previous comments.
In a Truth Social post Friday afternoon<\/a>, Trump said media outlets \u201cshouldn\u2019t be able to constantly write or report FICTION and LIES when they\u2019re covering the President of the United States.\u201d
Trump also warned \u201cother outlets\u201d would \u201cfollow\u201d but did not specify which ones.
\u201cCNN stands fully behind our White House team and their fair and accurate reporting,\u201d the network said Friday.
Politico Press, the publication\u2019s communications team, said in a post on X Friday <\/strong>that Trump\u2019s claims that Politico \u201creceived government subsidies are false and have been thoroughly debunked.\u201d
\u201cPOLITICO will continue to fairly report on this White House and future ones. We will vigorously defend our First Amendment rights against any attempt to restrict them,\u201d the post said.
Responding to a reporter in the Oval Office shortly after announcing the ban, Trump said the new policy was the result of \u201ccumulative stories over the last few years.\u201d He did not specify a particular news report, and a White House spokesperson referred NBC News to the president\u2019s spoken comments.
The move has drawn broad criticism.
During a Friday speaking engagement at Colgate University from which NBC News obtained audio, former President Barack Obama said: \u201cI\u2019m trying to think what would have happened if I had said, \u2018You know what? Fox News, you\u2019re out of here.\u2019 It\u2019s unimaginable.\u201d
He added that if a certain pocket of the country agrees with the proposed restriction, \u201cwe have not developed the kind of understanding of what democracy requires,\u201d saying people have to get to work to shore up that understanding.
White House Correspondents\u2019 Association President Jacqui Heinrich described the move as a constitutional violation.
\u201cThe Constitution protects the freedom of the press from government interference,\u201d Heinrich said in a statement. \u201cThat protection does not depend on whether the president likes a news organization\u2019s coverage, agrees with its reporting, or approves of the questions its journalists ask.\u201d
\u201cThe WHCA stands in defense of our colleagues at CNN, MS NOW, and Politico who are being singled out for doing their jobs,\u201d she added.
New York Times spokesperson Charlie Stadtlander also pushed back on the move.
\u201cThe courts have twice found that the Trump administration violated the Constitution by suspending reporters\u2019 White House press passes,\u201d Stadtlander said. \u201cThe Times stands in support of the news organizations being unfairly targeted by the president.\u201d
The ban is the latest in Trump\u2019s ongoing efforts to punish news organizations and broadcasters for their coverage. Shortly after taking office, Trump banned The Associated Press from the Oval Office, Air Force One and some events after it declined to acknowledge his effort to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.
The AP filed suit, and the case is ongoing.
Trump has also sued outlets including the BBC, The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal claiming defamation. The suits against the Times<\/a> and the Journal<\/a> were dismissed but have since been refiled. The BBC has filed<\/a> to get Trump\u2019s suit against it tossed.
Freddie Clayton is a freelance journalist based in London.\u00a0
Rob Wile is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist covering breaking business stories for NBCNews.com.
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