{"id":227941,"date":"2026-10-18T19:31:03","date_gmt":"2026-10-18T19:31:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/white-house-blocks-cnn-from-air-force-one-in-latest-escalation-with-news-media-trump-administration-the-guardian\/"},"modified":"2026-10-18T19:31:03","modified_gmt":"2026-10-18T19:31:03","slug":"white-house-blocks-cnn-from-air-force-one-in-latest-escalation-with-news-media-trump-administration-the-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/white-house-blocks-cnn-from-air-force-one-in-latest-escalation-with-news-media-trump-administration-the-guardian\/","title":{"rendered":"White House blocks CNN from Air Force One in latest escalation with news media | Trump administration – The Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"

Outlet had been scheduled to fly with Donald Trump to Tennessee for a college football game, network said Friday
The White House has blocked CNN from traveling aboard Air Force One on Saturday, impeding its TV press pool duties in the latest escalation of the administration\u2019s battle<\/a> with the news media.
CNN had been scheduled to fly with Donald Trump to Tennessee for a college football game, the network said on Friday<\/a>. The White House confirmed CNN\u2019s exclusion when it did not list the network on guidance sent to the press corps regarding Trump\u2019s schedule for Saturday.
CNN\u2019s exclusion from Air Force One was first reported by the Washington Post<\/a>. The White House did not immediately return the Guardian\u2019s request for comment.
The incident comes a week after Trump, a vocal critic of what he deems the \u201cfake news media\u201d, revoked<\/a> White House access for CNN, Politico, and MS Now, citing unfavorable reports about his presidency.
The Republican president published<\/a> a post about the topic on his Truth Social platform early on Saturday which read: \u201cWhy should perpetrators of FAKE NEWS \u2026 be allowed access to a very sacred place, the White House? Despite my big Election Win, almost 100% of \u2018TRUMP\u2019 coverage is negative, and has been for years!\u201d
The post singled out CNN<\/a> and MS Now, referring to the latter as MSDNC, which combined the outlet\u2019s name with the Democratic National Committee. He published it days after a recent Reuters\/Ipsos poll found Trump\u2019s overall public approval rating to be at 32%, an all-time low.
The extraordinary access revocation prompted swift backlash from the White House press pool, who suspended their video coverage of Trump in protest.
The press pool is a rotating group of journalists charged with covering presidential travel and disseminating written and multimedia reports to news outlets that may not be present at a given White House event. Since the beginning of Trump\u2019s second administration in 2025, the White House has decided<\/a> which outlets cover the president via the pool each day, a task previously coordinated by the White House Correspondents\u2019 Association.
In a joint statement Monday, the White House television pool said: \u201cThe 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.\u201d
In a subsequent lawsuit<\/a>, CNN, MS Now and Politico argued the White House ban was a violation of the first amendment.
Meanwhile, the Department of Justice\u2019s attorneys suggested the ban was in the interest of national security, pointing at media reports involving \u201csensitive\u201d and \u201cclassified\u201d information.
The US district judge Timothy Kelly sided<\/a> with the outlets, ordering the Trump administration to restore their White House access.
CNN, MS Now and Politico\u2019s journalists sought to enter the White House on Thursday morning, but were not granted entry until midday.
Hours later, CNN\u2019s editorial team along with an MS Now reporter were blocked from covering the state dinner commemorating Chinese president Xi Jinping\u2019s visit.<\/p>\n

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