Trump Faces Escalating Media Backlash
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Donald Trump faced intensifying U.S. media scrutiny and public rebukes, including from his former White House communications chief, after combative rhetoric and waning TV presence provoked sharper coverage.
Reposted by Steve Peers
NEW: DOJ is justifying President Trump's ban on media orgs by citing stories about sensitive topics like depleted U.S. munitions, the war in Iran, Trump's ballroom security features and ... bad "vibes" at the GOP midterm convention
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Trump cites national security, midterms coverage to defend press ban
www.politico.com
September 23, 2026 at 4:59 AM
NEW: DOJ is justifying President Trump's ban on media orgs by citing stories about sensitive topics like depleted U.S. munitions, the war in Iran, Trump's ballroom security features and ... bad "vibes" at the GOP midterm convention
w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
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To understand why Trump is hitting new lows, it is worth looking under the hood at his ratings on individual issues. Since April, he has absolutely tanked on the cost of living - an issue which, ironically, is directly due to his misadventures in the Middle East.
September 22, 2026 at 9:10 PM
To understand why Trump is hitting new lows, it is worth looking under the hood at his ratings on individual issues. Since April, he has absolutely tanked on the cost of living - an issue which, ironically, is directly due to his misadventures in the Middle East.
Reposted by Steve Peers
Trump has made it easier to prove the First Amendment claims against him. @PreetBharara.bsky.social and I discuss how news orgs are challenging his decision to ban them from the White House. Listen to a new @cafedotcom.bsky.social Insider podcast: cafe.visitlink.me/OW3BwM
September 23, 2026 at 2:37 AM
Trump has made it easier to prove the First Amendment claims against him. @PreetBharara.bsky.social and I discuss how news orgs are challenging his decision to ban them from the White House. Listen to a new @cafedotcom.bsky.social Insider podcast: cafe.visitlink.me/OW3BwM
by Steve Peers
Pathetic
Trump banned CNN from covering him at the White House. Then he saw Kaitlan Collins at the UN and told her, “You shouldn’t be here covering me.” She had a UN credential. Different building, different rules.
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Trump confused he can’t ban CNN from the entire world
Trump is at the United Nations and besides saber-rattling and being all around weird, Trump is also furious over the fact that CNN, one of the news outlets he just unconstitutionally banned from…
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September 22, 2026 at 9:46 PM
Pathetic
Reposted by Steve Peers
BREAKING: SF's City Atty sued Trump Media w/ @democracydefendersfund.org, WLG & Platkin LLP for a pay-to-play scheme turning public posts into private profit
$100K/mo buys them 50ms early & Trump owns 41%
Insider trading as a monthly subscription? See you in court👇 -TN
$100K/mo buys them 50ms early & Trump owns 41%
Insider trading as a monthly subscription? See you in court👇 -TN
San Francisco Sues to Stop Early Access to Trump’s Truth Social Posts
The city attorney argued that the service, available for up to $100,000 a month, could allow wealthy traders to manipulate the market, while leaving out everyday investors.
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September 22, 2026 at 1:47 PM
BREAKING: SF's City Atty sued Trump Media w/ @democracydefendersfund.org, WLG & Platkin LLP for a pay-to-play scheme turning public posts into private profit
$100K/mo buys them 50ms early & Trump owns 41%
Insider trading as a monthly subscription? See you in court👇 -TN
$100K/mo buys them 50ms early & Trump owns 41%
Insider trading as a monthly subscription? See you in court👇 -TN
Reposted by Nathan P. Kalmoe
Meekly allowing the corporate concentration of American media, in the hands of people who have already shown fealty to the Trump regime — at the very time he is trying to dictate who can cover the White House — is a depressing capitulation.
September 22, 2026 at 8:39 PM
Meekly allowing the corporate concentration of American media, in the hands of people who have already shown fealty to the Trump regime — at the very time he is trying to dictate who can cover the White House — is a depressing capitulation.
Reposted by David Darmofal, Diane Ravitch
Q: Thoughts on Trump's media ban?
VP Kamala Harris: It's abhorrent. Absolutely abhorrent. The man is afraid of the voice of the people so he is trying to stifle the ability of journalists to let the people of America know what is really going on with their government.
VP Kamala Harris: It's abhorrent. Absolutely abhorrent. The man is afraid of the voice of the people so he is trying to stifle the ability of journalists to let the people of America know what is really going on with their government.
September 22, 2026 at 9:02 PM
Q: Thoughts on Trump's media ban?
VP Kamala Harris: It's abhorrent. Absolutely abhorrent. The man is afraid of the voice of the people so he is trying to stifle the ability of journalists to let the people of America know what is really going on with their government.
VP Kamala Harris: It's abhorrent. Absolutely abhorrent. The man is afraid of the voice of the people so he is trying to stifle the ability of journalists to let the people of America know what is really going on with their government.
“Five networks — ABC, CBS, CNN, Fox News and NBC — have long shared the responsibility of providing television coverage of presidential events”
Networks Suspend Pool Coverage of Trump After White House Bans CNN www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/b...
Networks Suspend Pool Coverage of Trump After White House Bans CNN www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/b...
Networks Suspend Pool Coverage of Trump After White House Bars CNN
The move was an escalation of President Trump’s showdown with the White House press corps after he moved to bar journalists from CNN, MS NOW and Politico.
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September 22, 2026 at 2:32 PM
“Five networks — ABC, CBS, CNN, Fox News and NBC — have long shared the responsibility of providing television coverage of presidential events”
Networks Suspend Pool Coverage of Trump After White House Bans CNN www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/b...
Networks Suspend Pool Coverage of Trump After White House Bans CNN www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/b...
by Peter Murphy
In the USA, networks ABC, CBS, Fox News and NBC suspended pool coverage of Trump in solidarity with CNN after Trump banned CNN from the WH.
Disappointing that here in Australia, when Sen. Pauline Hanson banned some news outlets from her pressers, the others showed NO solidarity. #auspol #FreePress
Disappointing that here in Australia, when Sen. Pauline Hanson banned some news outlets from her pressers, the others showed NO solidarity. #auspol #FreePress
September 22, 2026 at 12:59 PM
In the USA, networks ABC, CBS, Fox News and NBC suspended pool coverage of Trump in solidarity with CNN after Trump banned CNN from the WH.
Disappointing that here in Australia, when Sen. Pauline Hanson banned some news outlets from her pressers, the others showed NO solidarity. #auspol #FreePress
Disappointing that here in Australia, when Sen. Pauline Hanson banned some news outlets from her pressers, the others showed NO solidarity. #auspol #FreePress
Maybe Trump banned the media so they wouldn't televise him at campaign events
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September 22, 2026 at 1:03 PM
Maybe Trump banned the media so they wouldn't televise him at campaign events
Reposted by Jonathan Portes
Alongside Trump's mental instability and his racism, his idiocy explains things that are otherwise inexplicable: presswatchers.org/2026/09/dona...
Donald Trump is an idiot, and the mainstream press is covering up for him | Press Watch
He does incredibly stupid things and doesn’t understand basic concepts, for starters
presswatchers.org
September 22, 2026 at 9:55 PM
Alongside Trump's mental instability and his racism, his idiocy explains things that are otherwise inexplicable: presswatchers.org/2026/09/dona...
by Robert Black
On Trump's behalf, you mean?
Yeah, "he just decides Congress isn't real and can't hurt him" has struck me as an underrated scenario for a while now
Yeah, "he just decides Congress isn't real and can't hurt him" has struck me as an underrated scenario for a while now
September 23, 2026 at 2:25 AM
On Trump's behalf, you mean?
Yeah, "he just decides Congress isn't real and can't hurt him" has struck me as an underrated scenario for a while now
Yeah, "he just decides Congress isn't real and can't hurt him" has struck me as an underrated scenario for a while now
Todd Blanche says Trump can shut reporters out of White Hiuse if he wishes, to protect national security.
Sycophant. Vows to Trump. Ignores Constitution. Is CNN a threat to national security? Really?
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Sycophant. Vows to Trump. Ignores Constitution. Is CNN a threat to national security? Really?
www.cnn.com/2026/09/22/p...
Justice Department says president can shut out reporters from the White House at his will, for national security | CNN Politics
The Justice Department said late Tuesday that three major national media can be shut out from areas of the White House at the president’s will, and because their coverage could be a threat to national...
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September 23, 2026 at 4:20 AM
Todd Blanche says Trump can shut reporters out of White Hiuse if he wishes, to protect national security.
Sycophant. Vows to Trump. Ignores Constitution. Is CNN a threat to national security? Really?
www.cnn.com/2026/09/22/p...
Sycophant. Vows to Trump. Ignores Constitution. Is CNN a threat to national security? Really?
www.cnn.com/2026/09/22/p...
As Trump's agenda has increasingly encountered resistance, he has turned to a familiar con: invoking national security.
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As resistance mounts, Trump reaches for a familiar shield: national security
The president is using national security concerns to justify presidential actions in the face of legal roadblocks, political defiance and popular opposition.
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September 22, 2026 at 2:06 PM
As Trump's agenda has increasingly encountered resistance, he has turned to a familiar con: invoking national security.
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"White House television pool members, including FOX News Media, ABC News, CBS News, CNN and NBC News, all pushed back on the administration’s media ban in a statement Monday morning."
wild to see Fox on this list
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wild to see Fox on this list
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Major TV networks decline White House pool duties
The move comes after the Trump administration restricted access to the White House for CNN, MS NOW and POLITICO.
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September 22, 2026 at 12:23 PM
"White House television pool members, including FOX News Media, ABC News, CBS News, CNN and NBC News, all pushed back on the administration’s media ban in a statement Monday morning."
wild to see Fox on this list
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wild to see Fox on this list
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I suspect that the media career after the failed presidential bid won’t go as well as he thinks.
September 22, 2026 at 2:52 PM
I suspect that the media career after the failed presidential bid won’t go as well as he thinks.
This is not a state media, only Trump TV
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Days After Press Ban, White House Launches ‘Trump TV’ — A 24/7 Clip Show
The announcement comes just days after President Trump barred three major media organizations from the White House.
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September 22, 2026 at 1:29 PM
This is not a state media, only Trump TV
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Reposted by Steve Peers
Trump banned CNN from covering him at the White House. Then he saw Kaitlan Collins at the UN and told her, “You shouldn’t be here covering me.” She had a UN credential. Different building, different rules.
www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
Trump confused he can’t ban CNN from the entire world
Trump is at the United Nations and besides saber-rattling and being all around weird, Trump is also furious over the fact that CNN, one of the news outlets he just unconstitutionally banned from…
www.dailykos.com
September 22, 2026 at 9:40 PM
Trump banned CNN from covering him at the White House. Then he saw Kaitlan Collins at the UN and told her, “You shouldn’t be here covering me.” She had a UN credential. Different building, different rules.
www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
The man has done so much damage to everything in the world
Trump: “All of the SLEAZEBAGS, like Third Rate ‘Reporter,’ Kaitlyn Collins, of Fake News CNN, a truly unhappy person, said they weren’t going to be covering me. Then why were they ranting and raving like Lunatics at the UN? She’s got a ‘TRUMP’ addiction. They’re all sick, treasonous, and demented!”
September 23, 2026 at 6:08 AM
The man has done so much damage to everything in the world
Reposted by David R. Miller
The theme of Trump’s second term is his using the power of the presidency as though it’s his own. That manifests in tantrums booting media outlets from the White House. More harmfully, it also manifests in blocking federal funding to states that didn’t vote for him.
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September 22, 2026 at 5:13 PM
The theme of Trump’s second term is his using the power of the presidency as though it’s his own. That manifests in tantrums booting media outlets from the White House. More harmfully, it also manifests in blocking federal funding to states that didn’t vote for him.
www.ctinsider.com/columnist/ar...
www.ctinsider.com/columnist/ar...