CNN barred from Trump plane

Scholar power: 20.1%

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Communication & Media Studies 40%, Political science 30%, Law 15%, Sociology 15%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Robert B. Reich	11%	37	20.1%

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Robert Reich

@rbreich.bsky.social

Designing an Arc-de-Trump with a snipers' nest?

Trying to ban reporters from the White House?

Refusing to say how many Americans have died in his wars?

It's so painfully clear that Trump has lost his mind.

Has Donald Trump Finally Lost It?

Donald Trump’s mental decline has gotten worse.Why is the media only barely starting to report on it?And why won’t they

www.youtube.com

September 28, 2026 at 12:00 AM

by Michael D. McDonald

25%

Scholar power: 25.3%

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Communication & Media Studies 40%, Political science 30%, Law 15%, Sociology 15%

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🎓 Michael D. McDonald	18%	22	25.3%

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Michael McDonald

@electproject.bsky.social

Trump banning CNN raises questions about Biden’s cognitive functions

- by Jake Tapper

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h

TAPPER: I would ask if you could convey to Trump to let CNN back in the pool. It was not okay when Obama tried to freeze Fox out. I don't think we want a world where presidents get to decide who covers them

WALTZ: We need fair, objective, & well-sourced reporting. I've been victim of this nonsense

September 27, 2026 at 1:21 PM

by Anne Norton

23%

Scholar power: 23.6%

Story's scientific field profile

Communication & Media Studies 40%, Political science 30%, Law 15%, Sociology 15%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Anne Norton	21%	14	23.6%

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Anne Norton

@annenortonnow.bsky.social

They are swine

God @thegodshow.com · 17h

ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox News are resuming their coverage of Trump without CNN. It’s bullshit.

Damn The Networks For Caving To Donald

Picket crossing traitors.

www.thegodshow.com

September 28, 2026 at 1:03 AM

by Martha Albertson Fineman

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Scholar power: 32.7%

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Communication & Media Studies 40%, Political science 30%, Law 15%, Sociology 15%

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🎓 Martha Albertson Fineman	21%	27	32.7%

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Martha Albertson Fineman

@mlafineman.bsky.social

www.cnn.com/2026/09/27/p...

I started fact-checking Trump 10 years ago. Here are 15 things I’ve learned | CNN Politics

Ten years ago this month, in my old job as Washington correspondent for the Toronto Star, I started what I believed would be a quick little side project: fact-checking underdog presidential candidate ...

www.cnn.com

September 28, 2026 at 1:31 AM

Reposted by Michael D. McDonald, David Darmofal, David R. Miller

14%

Scholar power: 14.4%

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Communication & Media Studies 40%, Political science 30%, Law 15%, Sociology 15%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Michael D. McDonald	18%	22	8.4%
🎓 David Darmofal	11%	11	3.6%
🎓 David R. Miller	5%	21	2.3%
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Aaron Rupar

@atrupar.com

TAPPER: I would ask if you could convey to Trump to let CNN back in the pool. It was not okay when Obama tried to freeze Fox out. I don't think we want a world where presidents get to decide who covers them

WALTZ: We need fair, objective, & well-sourced reporting. I've been victim of this nonsense

September 27, 2026 at 1:16 PM

Reposted by Henry Jones

4%

Scholar power: 4.6%

Story's scientific field profile

Communication & Media Studies 40%, Political science 30%, Law 15%, Sociology 15%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Henry Jones	14%	11	4.6%

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick

@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social

Back online this morning and here is another update that was posted late last night. Fox News reporter Bill Melugin got Trump himself on the phone late last night to confirm that this policy, whatever it was (they’re calling it a miscommunication), was going to be overturned.

Bill Melugin @BillMelugin• 9h
I've spoken on the phone with President Trump and nine ICE & DHS sources about this today. Here's what l've learned.
Yes, this verbal guidance did go out to ICE offices across the country last night. I've spoken with ICE agents who received it & were shocked & frustrated by it. It's unclear who it started with. However, I'm told it's erroneous, was some type of
"miscommunication" during conversations about prioritizing "worst first", and there is no change in immigration enforcement policy.

President Trump tells me anyone in the country illegally remains "on the table" for ICE arrest & deportation. I'm also told new guidance went out to ICE field offices tonight to reaffirm this and that yes, arrests of illegal aliens and "collaterals" without additional criminal history will continue. ICE sources confirm to me they received the new guidance.
I'm not really sure what happened here - but everyone is on the same page, including President Trump, in telling me that his immigration enforcement agenda isn't scaling back.

September 27, 2026 at 1:32 PM

by Eric Goldman

12%

Scholar power: 12.7%

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Communication & Media Studies 40%, Political science 30%, Law 15%, Sociology 15%

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🎓 Eric Goldman	10%	18	12.7%

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Eric Goldman

@ericgoldman.bsky.social

CNN: "there is no public official in Washington who lies like Trump...we are witnessing a rare, very possibly once-in-a-lifetime political liar"

www.cnn.com/2026/09/27/p...

I started fact-checking Trump 10 years ago. Here are 15 things I’ve learned | CNN Politics

Ten years ago this month, in my old job as Washington correspondent for the Toronto Star, I started what I believed would be a quick little side project: fact-checking underdog presidential candidate ...

www.cnn.com

September 27, 2026 at 7:20 PM

Reposted by Anna O. Law, Scott A. Imberman

3%

Scholar power: 3.7%

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Communication & Media Studies 40%, Political science 30%, Law 15%, Sociology 15%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Anna O. Law	16%	4	3.2%
🎓 Scott A. Imberman	1%	23	0.5%
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Bayliss Wagner

@baylisswagner.bsky.social

New: The Trump administration has spent more than $1M in public funds so far to boost the president on the airwaves.

Experts including a Bush WH ethics lawyer said it likely violates federal laws against propaganda & political activity by gov’t staff. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/27/u...

A Trump 2024 Campaign Ad Returns, Now Brought to You by The Government (Gift Article)

The ad, which ethics experts said could violate federal law, shows Mr. Trump vowing to “expel warmongers” from the government and fight the “deep state,” even as he wages a war with Iran.

www.nytimes.com

September 27, 2026 at 7:36 PM

Reposted by Anne Norton

7%

Scholar power: 7.9%

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Communication & Media Studies 40%, Political science 30%, Law 15%, Sociology 15%

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🎓 Anne Norton	21%	14	7.9%

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God

@thegodshow.com

ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox News are resuming their coverage of Trump without CNN. It’s bullshit.

Damn The Networks For Caving To Donald

Picket crossing traitors.

www.thegodshow.com

September 27, 2026 at 4:52 PM

by David H. Kaye

14%

Scholar power: 14.3%

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Communication & Media Studies 40%, Political science 30%, Law 15%, Sociology 15%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 David H. Kaye	9%	28	14.3%

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David Kaye

@davidakaye.bsky.social

🤔 "When you have completely misinformation, complete misinformation coming out of the White House, that affects our relationship with our foreign partners."

Lawrence Hurley @lawrencehurley.bsky.social · 12h

What really undermines this statement is that there are various examples in history where what you might call the mainstream media has withheld on reporting certain things because of genuine national security issues.

www.cnn.com/2026/09/27/p...

Blanche says reporters ‘one-sided news’ is a national security issue worthy of barring press | CNN Politics

Attorney General Todd Blanche said on Sunday that media outlets reporting “one-sided” news is a national security issue that merits a White House ban.

www.cnn.com

September 27, 2026 at 9:27 PM

Reposted by Dean Baker

0%

Scholar power: 0.9%

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Communication & Media Studies 40%, Political science 30%, Law 15%, Sociology 15%

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Reposted by Dean Baker

0%

Scholar power: 0.9%

Story's scientific field profile

Communication & Media Studies 40%, Political science 30%, Law 15%, Sociology 15%

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Reposted by Henry Jones

4%

Scholar power: 4.6%

Story's scientific field profile

Communication & Media Studies 40%, Political science 30%, Law 15%, Sociology 15%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Henry Jones	14%	11	4.6%

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The Bulwark

@thebulwark.com

With the real networks boycotting, the pro-Trump channels have stepped up—and screwed up. ICYMI @willsommer.bsky.social:

Bumbling MAGA Media Tries to Launch Their Own White House Pool

With the real networks boycotting, the pro-Trump channels have stepped up—and screwed up.

lnk.thebulwark.com

September 27, 2026 at 12:03 PM

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