{"id":227303,"date":"2026-10-12T07:23:36","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T07:23:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-tells-female-ms-now-reporter-to-be-quiet-amid-questions-on-press-pool-ban-donald-trump-the-guardian\/"},"modified":"2026-10-12T07:23:36","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T07:23:36","slug":"trump-tells-female-ms-now-reporter-to-be-quiet-amid-questions-on-press-pool-ban-donald-trump-the-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-tells-female-ms-now-reporter-to-be-quiet-amid-questions-on-press-pool-ban-donald-trump-the-guardian\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump tells female MS Now reporter to be \u2018quiet\u2019 amid questions on press pool ban | Donald Trump – The Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"

US president doubles down on criticism of CNN and MS Now as Akayla Gardner questions attempted White House ban
A day after the White House barred CNN from traveling onboard Air Force One to provide pool television coverage of the president\u2019s trip to Tennessee, Donald Trump<\/a> doubled down on his criticism of that broadcaster and another, MS Now, he has attempted to ban over coverage of him he calls overly negative.
As he left the White House early on Saturday, Trump was asked by the MS Now<\/a> White House correspondent Akayla Gardner: \u201cDo you only want outlets that support you to be a part of the press pool?\u201d
\u201cNo, no, no. I want real news, not fake news \u2013 like you,\u201d Trump replied, in a moment that was not broadcast live, due to the removal of CNN as the designated pool television crew, but was posted on social media<\/a> by the White House.
As Trump continued on, repeating past insults about CNN<\/a> and MS Now, which he called \u201cMS DNC\u201d, in reference to the Democratic National Committee, Gardner pressed him harder: \u201cDo you not want tough questions?\u201d
\u201cQuiet,\u201d Trump said, before continuing to air his familiar grievance that their reporting on him is not flattering enough.
Since his first presidency, Trump has labeled non-partisan news outlets that do not openly support him \u201cthe enemy of the people\u201d, maligning unfavorable reports as \u201cfake news\u201d. In his second term, he has increasingly told female reporters who ask him challenging questions to be quiet.
Tensions with the press corps soared to new heights last weekend, when administration officials revoked<\/a> the White House credentials of MS Now, Politico and CNN after Trump announced<\/a> what he himself called a \u201cban on the free press\u201d.
A federal judge temporarily restored access<\/a> for the blacklisted outlets on Thursday, but that evening MS Now and CNN reporters and producers were prevented by Trump\u2019s aides from covering his state dinner in honor of the Chinese president, Xi Jinping.
On Friday, the White House removed CNN from a rotation of television networks charged with covering presidential travel. The White House Correspondents\u2019 Association previously coordinated pool assignments, but the administration seized control of choosing which network provides pool television coverage each day during Trump\u2019s second presidency.
CNN had been scheduled to accompany Trump on Saturday, as he visited Knoxville, Tennessee, for a college football game.
Real America\u2019s Voice, a pro-Trump network that lacks the technical capability to provide live video for other broadcasters, instead accompanied the president during the brief trip. The partisan, rightwing network shared a limited number of clips of the trip on social media, including video of Trump\u2019s image being displayed on the stadium\u2019s big screen, which it captioned<\/a>: \u201cPRESIDENT TRUMP LIGHTS UP THE JUMBOTRON\u201d.
Trump returned to Washington DC on Saturday afternoon without taking questions from the print reporters who were permitted to accompany him.
\u201cHe is picking a fight with the people who are telling unpleasant truths about his administration,\u201d Brian Stelter, CNN\u2019s chief media analyst, said on air about the network\u2019s exclusion from Air Force One. \u201cToday, yes, it happens to be CNN, but tomorrow it could be any other news outlet.\u201d
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