Blanche defends Trump’s White House media ban: ‘It is a privilege, not a right’

The White House has defended its decision to revoke press credentials for three major news outlets, arguing that media access is a privilege rather than an automatic right. The attorney general claimed the move followed complaints from the president about what he described as persistent inaccuracies in their reporting. The dispute escalates a broader conflict over press freedom and White House transparency amid ongoing restrictions on media coverage. Critics question whether the administration’s actions reflect broader concerns about press independence.

US attorney general argues that president was ‘sick and tired’ of inaccurate reporting by CNN, MS Now and PoliticoDonald Trump’s attorney general Todd Blanche argued on Sunday that the administration was permitted to ban three news outlets from the White House because “it is a privilege and not a right to be there”.Appearing on the ABC News program This Week during the second week of the White House’s dispute over press credentialing and access, Blanche also said that the administration took the decision to ban CNN, MS Now and Politico beginning on 19 September because the president was “sick and tired” of what he considered to be those media outlets’ inaccurate reporting. Continue reading...