Watch: MAGA Takes Victory Lap as CNN Is Forced to Read Trump’s WH Ban on Air

CNN read and criticized President Donald Trump’s announcement that their reporters would be banned from the White House.

Trump revealed on Friday via Truth Social that CNN, as well as MS NOW and Politico, would no longer have access to the White House because of their “constant ‘reporting’ FAKE NEWS.”

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After the Truth Social post was read in its entirety on the network, CNN chief media analyst Brian Stelter was brought on to comment about it.

“This is a very unusual post from the president, and the first question I had when I saw it was, ‘What did CNN and MS NOW and Politico write that might have made the president so upset?’ There is no specific answer in his post,” Stelter said.

LOL. They read every word. https://t.co/Atw8OIyHCz pic.twitter.com/kxISo0Agp9

— Andrew Kolvet (@AndrewKolvet) September 18, 2026

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But on Saturday, reporters from CNN, MS NOW, and Politico were indeed barred from the White House, per a report from the Associated Press.

Betsy Klein of CNN and Akayla Gardner of MS NOW reported that they were turned away when arriving to work on Saturday.

Politico reporter Cheyenne Haslett was also denied entry and even had her credentials badge confiscated.

.@msnownews statement on its journalists being denied access to the White House grounds: pic.twitter.com/Svw77LD4kQ

— MS NOW Public Relations (@MSNOWComms) September 19, 2026

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“MS NOW intends to take any and all steps necessary to defend our First Amendment rights and the essential role of independent journalism in our democracy.”’

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