Trump's Media Ban Backfires

特朗普的媒体禁令适得其反。

What A Day

2026-09-22

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MSNOW, CNN, and Politico are suing the Trump Administration after it banned their reporters from the White House press pool. President Donald Trump said on Friday, "I don't want them in my office," because of the news organizations' coverage. Erin Ryan talks to Will Sommer, Senior Reporter for The Bulwark and author of the False Flag newsletter, about Trump's latest attacks on the media. Show Notes: Check out False Flag – thebulwark.com/s/false-flag Call Congress – 202-224-3121 Subscribe to the What A Day Newsletter – https://tinyurl.com/y4y2e9jy What A Day – YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/@whatadaypodcast Follow us on Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/crookedmedia/ For a transcript of this episode, please email transcripts@crooked.com
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  • The press is sort of the representative of Americans in many ways and kind of looking at things.

  • And, you know, we saw this with the Pentagon, too, when they kicked out, you know, even the conservative media outlets

  • that wouldn't sign a sort of loyalty oath, brought in like Laura Loomer and Jack Posobiec and all these crackpots.

  • It's Monday, September 21st.

  • I'm Erin Ryan in for Jane Koston.

  • And this is What a Day.

  • President Trump banned MS Now, CNN and Politico from the White House on Friday,

  • even confiscating some of the reporters' credentials.

  • Former President Barack Obama, who must be exhausted at this point,

  • had this to say about the ban during an appearance at Colgate University.

  • I'm trying to think what would have happened if I had said, you know what, Fox News, you're out of here.

  • It's unimaginable.

  • So but the point I'm making here is, is that if you have a certain cohort,

  • let's call it 30 to 35 percent of the country right now, which thinks that's OK.

  • Well, what that means is we have not developed the kind of understanding of what democracy requires.

  • I mean, democracy requires tattletales.

  • It's true.

  • It's true.

  • All right.

  • President Donald Trump said Sunday that the comically large arch that he wants to build between