A day after the White House banned CNN from traveling aboard Air Force One to provide collective television coverage of the president’s trip to Tennessee, Donald Trump redoubled his criticism of that station and another, MS Now, has attempted to ban it for coverage he considers too negative. I want real news, not fake news, like you,” Trump responded, in a moment that was not broadcast live, due to the removal of CNN as the designated television outfit, but was posted on social media by the White House. As Trump continued, repeating past insults against CNN and MS Now, which he called “MS DNC,” in reference to the Democratic National Committee, Gardner pressed him harder: “Don’t you want tough questions?” It’s not flattering enough. Since his first presidency, Trump has called nonpartisan media outlets that do not openly support him “enemies of the people,” slandering unfavorable reporting as “fake news.” In his second term, he has increasingly told female reporters who ask him challenging questions to shut up. Tensions with the press corps soared to new heights last weekend, when administration officials revoked the White House credentials of MS Now, Politico and CNN after Trump announced what he called a “free press ban.” Chinese President Xi Jinping. On Friday, the White House removed CNN from a rotation of television networks responsible for covering presidential trips. The White House Correspondents’ Association previously coordinated group assignments, but the administration took control of choosing which network provides television coverage each day during Trump’s second presidency. CNN had been scheduled to accompany Trump on Saturday when he visited Knoxville, Tennessee, for a college football game. Real America’s Voice, a pro-Trump network that lacks the technical capacity to provide live video for other broadcasters, accompanied the president during the brief trip. The right-wing partisan network shared a limited number of clips from the trip on social media, including a video of Trump’s image displayed on the stadium’s big screen, which it titled: “PRESIDENT TRUMP LIGHTS UP THE JUMBOTRON.” Trump returned to Washington, DC, on Saturday afternoon without taking questions from print journalists who were allowed to accompany him. “He’s picking a fight with people who are telling unpleasant truths about his administration,” CNN chief media analyst Brian Stelter said on air. about the exclusion of Air Force One from the network. “Today, yes, it turns out to be CNN, but tomorrow it could be any other media outlet.”
