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BREAKING: LOVE IT! The New York Times digs in hard against Trump and announces that they'll continue withholding ALL White House press pool images until the media ban case has been heard in court.
This is how you call a fascist's bluff...
“The New York Times will continue to withhold publication or distribution of images captured as part of the White House still photography pool, in support of the media organizations that President Trump has targeted with a ban," stated Times spokesperson Charlie Stadtlander.
"We’ll maintain this policy until a court has the chance to hear arguments on the legal claims filed by those media organizations. We remain committed to covering the president and his administration with thorough, unflinching news reporting," he continued.
"Alongside the broadcast outlets that have suspended their video pool coverage of the president, The Times’s decision recognizes that barring these media outlets is unequal treatment and punitive retaliation for simply reporting the news," the statement concluded.
Last Friday, Trump banned CNN, Politico, and MS NOW from the White House, citing their supposed penchant for publishing "fake news." In reality, he just hates that they accurately report on his administration's endless string of failed policies and blunders.
The other mainstream outlets banded together in solidarity to defend the First Amendment. CBS News, ABC News, CNN, Fox News, and NBC News announced that they were suspending TV press pool coverage of Trump.
The lack of proper pool coverage resulted in an embarrassing incident yesterday, where Trump held a big ribbon-cutting event for his White House helipad but the audio was awful because there were no professional media microphones present.
The Times announced yesterday that they wouldn't be releasing any images from the pool, but it was unclear how long this restriction would last. This new announcement makes it clear and the timing is perfect. Trump is in New York for the United Nations meeting this week and is desperate for attention. Denying him the media coverage he wants is the surest path to making him cave.
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