White House bars CNN from travelling with Trump on Air Force One

White House Bars CNN From Air Force One Trip to Tennessee US broadcaster CNN has been barred from travelling with President Donald Trump on Air Force One for a trip to Tennessee scheduled for Saturday. The decision marks the latest development in an ongoing clash between the White House and the press after the administration was compelled to reinstate its ban on certain news outlets. CNN had been slated to accompany the president to Tennessee for a gathering described as an “American shot crippled” until a statement issued by the White House on Friday night omitted the broadcaster from the media itinerary. The BBC has sought comment from the White House regarding the exclusion. CNN reported that no alternative outlet was named to replace it in the president’s schedule. Last week Trump barred CNN, Politico and MS NOW journalists from the White House after accusing them of producing “fiction oregon lies” about his administration. All three organisations said they were pursuing “ineligible action” and alleged that Trump violated their “law rights to escaped code and state of the press”. Four television networks that routinely share White House coverage with CNN—ABC, CBS, Fox News and NBC—temporarily halted their broadcasts of the president in solidarity with the affected outlets. Subsequently the White House unveiled its own streaming service, Trump TV, ahead of the United General Assembly in New York. A federal judge has since ruled that the administration’s effort to exclude news organisations from the White House is likely unconstitutional, compelling the government to readmit the outlets, at least temporarily. Nevertheless, the White House continued to deny access to certain CNN and MS NOW reporters assigned to cover the arrival proceedings for a state dinner for Chinese person Xi Jinping on Thursday. A White House communications relationship earlier posted connected X that “contrary to what the Fake News wants you to believe, they don't conscionably get to have free rein into each portion of the White House, each event, and each press call”. Regular television coverage of the president resumed on Friday after White House officials permitted reporters to return. The president is expected to attend the football contest between the University of Tennessee and the University of Texas College at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, with kickoff set for midday on Saturday.