CNN, MS NOW and Politico amend suit over Oval Office and Air Force One exclusion
CNN, MS NOW and Politico expanded their lawsuit against President Trump on 28 October, saying the White House still bars them from press-pool access to the Oval Office and Air Force One despite a judge's orders restoring their access. The White House says no journalist has a constitutional right to such access.
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Mixed · 2CNN, MS NOW and Politico filed an amended complaint on 28 October in their lawsuit against President Donald Trump. It challenges their continued exclusion from Air Force One and from areas of the White House such as the Oval Office. DeadlineN “CNN, Politico and MS NOW have filed an amended lawsuit against Donald Trump, this time challenging the White House‘s continued exclusion of the outlets from Air Force One” Read at Deadline ↗ The Straits TimesRC “CNN, MS NOW and Politico on Oct 28 expanded their lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump's efforts to ban them from the White House” Read at The Straits Times ↗ Mixed · 2The outlets asked a federal judge in Washington to prevent the White House from barring them from serving in the press pool, in which a small group of reporters covers the close quarters of the Oval Office and Air Force One for other reporters. The Straits TimesRC “asked a federal judge in Washington to prevent the White House from barring them from serving in a press pool for other reporters in the close quarters of the Oval Office and Air Force One” Read at The Straits Times ↗ DeadlineN “the outlets have continued to be restricted from pool duties” Read at Deadline ↗ Centre · 1The amended suit follows rulings by U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly on Trump's ban on the outlets' reporters entering the White House grounds. Deadline reports that Kelly found the ban likely violated the outlets' due process and First Amendment rights, granted a temporary restraining order and then a preliminary injunction, and ruled that the White House cannot revoke the hard passes of dozens of reporters. The administration is appealing. DeadlineN “concluded that the prohibition likely violated the media outlets’ due process and First Amendment rights. He initially granted a temporary restraining order and later a preliminary injunction. The administration is appealing his order.” Read at Deadline ↗
Mixed · 2Reuters says Kelly has issued orders requiring access to be reinstated since 24 September. Deadline describes his ruling as coming "earlier this month", so the two accounts differ on timing. The Straits TimesRC “US District Judge Timothy Kelly has since Sept 24 issued orders requiring the Trump administration to reinstate White House access” Read at The Straits Times ↗ DeadlineN “A judge ruled earlier this month that the White House cannot revoke the hard passes” Read at Deadline ↗ Mixed · 2The outlets say that, despite those orders, the administration has continued to bar them from certain areas in violation of the First Amendment, and that they face retaliation for their coverage. Their lawyers wrote that the exclusions reflect an unstated policy to carry out Trump's directive to take the ban "as far as you can", and that Trump has said he intends to limit Oval Office access to outlets that cover him favourably. The Straits TimesRC “they have continued to face retaliation for their news coverage” Read at The Straits Times ↗ DeadlineN “these exclusions reflect an unstated policy to carry out the President’s directive to take his viewpoint-discriminatory and retaliatory ban ‘as far as you can.’” Read at Deadline ↗ Centre · 1Theodore Boutrous Jr., the outlets' lawyer, said the White House had "continued to violate the First Amendment and due process" by excluding them from the Oval Office and Air Force One, the places where the president most often engages with the press. He said the exclusions are intended to punish and chill coverage the president doesn't like. DeadlineN “the White House has continued to violate the First Amendment and due process by excluding these news organizations from areas such as the Oval Office and Air Force One” Read at Deadline ↗
Mixed · 2A White House official said no person or journalist has a constitutional right to access the Oval Office, Air Force One or other sensitive and private facilities, and that outlets that "lie, fabricate, and ignore the truth" can write from outside. In a statement carried by Reuters, the White House said "The Fake News has no place demanding a spot in the President's Oval Office." DeadlineN “No person and no journalist has a constitutional right to access to the President’s Oval Office, Air Force One, or other sensitive and private facilities.” Read at Deadline ↗ The Straits TimesRC ““The Fake News has no place demanding a spot in the President’s Oval Office,” the White House said in a statement.” Read at The Straits Times ↗
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- Framing
- A detailed legal report on the amended complaint, with the background rulings, quotes from the complaint and from the outlets' lawyer, and the White House reply.
- Emphasis
- The complaint's allegation of viewpoint-discriminatory retaliation, the earlier injunction, and the administration's appeal.
- Leaves out or plays down
- Does not give the 24 September date of Kelly's first orders.
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- “viewpoint-discriminatory and retaliatory ban”
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“these exclusions reflect an unstated policy to carry out the President’s directive to take his viewpoint-discriminatory and retaliatory ban ‘as far as you can.’” — Deadline
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- Framing
- A short Reuters wire report, carried by The Straits Times, that leads with the expanded suit and the continued retaliation claim, and ends with the White House's "Fake News" statement.
- Emphasis
- The request to stop the White House barring the outlets from the press pool, and the 24 September orders.
- Leaves out or plays down
- Omits the appeal, the injunction details, the lawyer's quotes and the complaint's allegations about Trump's remarks. This is agency copy, so it says little about The Straits Times' own framing.
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- “The Fake News has no place demanding a spot in the President's Oval Office”
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““The Fake News has no place demanding a spot in the President’s Oval Office,” the White House said in a statement.” — The Straits Times
What every side reports
- CNN, MS NOW and Politico amended their lawsuit on 28 October to challenge exclusion from the Oval Office and Air Force One press pools.
- Judge Timothy Kelly had ordered the outlets' White House access restored.
- The White House rejects the outlets' claim.
Where accounts differ
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Whether the outlets have a right to Oval Office and Air Force One pool access
- Centre
- Deadline gives the outlets' First Amendment and due process claims, and the White House response that no journalist has a constitutional right to such access.
- Right
- Reuters, carried by The Straits Times, relays the outlets' First Amendment claim and the White House statement that "The Fake News has no place demanding a spot in the President's Oval Office."
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Timing of Judge Kelly's orders
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- Deadline says the judge ruled "earlier this month".
- Right
- Reuters says Kelly has issued orders since Sept 24.
CNN organisation
With MS NOW and Politico, says the White House keeps excluding it from the Oval Office and Air Force One in retaliation for its coverage, in violation of the First Amendment and due process.
“the Trump administration has continued to bar them from certain areas in violation of the speech protections of the US Constitution’s First Amendment” — The Straits Times
Politico organisation
Joins the amended complaint, arguing that the exclusions punish and chill unfavourable coverage.
“These exclusions, intended to punish and chill coverage of the administration that the president doesn’t like” — Deadline
MS NOW organisation
Joins the amended complaint and seeks an order ending its exclusion from pool duties.
“asked a federal judge in Washington to prevent the White House from barring them from serving in a press pool” — The Straits Times
Donald Trump person
Through a White House official and statement, says no journalist has a right to access the Oval Office or Air Force One, and that outlets that publish falsehoods can report from outside. The administration is appealing Kelly's order.
“When publications lie, fabricate, and ignore the truth, proximity matters less and they can write their fiction from outside of these secure facilities.” — Deadline
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Neutral Detailed legal account that gives both the outlets' allegations and the White House's response.
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The Straits TimesRC · · via Reuters
CNN, MS NOW, Politico expand lawsuit over White House access limits
Neutral Brief Reuters wire copy relaying the expanded suit and the White House's "Fake News" statement.
- 28 Oct 20:12 First DeadlineN CNN, MS NOW And Politico Amend Lawsuit To Challenge Trump Ban On Access To Air Force One And The Oval Office
- 28 Oct 23:10 +2h 57m The Straits TimesRC CNN, MS NOW, Politico expand lawsuit over White House access limits via Reuters
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