Access Denied

Reporters from CNN, MS NOW and Politico have been denied access to the White House. https://t.co/qCof726o1L

— The Associated Press (@AP) September 19, 2026

MS NOW is having a full-blown MELTDOWN now that President Trump’s White House BAN has actually gone into effect. Their reporter showed up this morning, got DENIED at the gate after her badge was disabled, and an officer confiscated it right there on the spot.

Akayla Gardner: “I… pic.twitter.com/K3So25zdb7

— RedWave Press (@RedWavePress) September 19, 2026

… went to scan my badge and enter my pin number, and the lights around the reader BLINKED RED. I tried it again. And then the officer asked me to hand over my badge. And he said that it's been disabled. And I asked, ‘Can you tell me why?’ And he simply said it’s above his head.”

“Our producer then attempted to scan her badge, and she was able to get through and able to get through the White House. It is not clear why I and our photographer were denied. And yet she was allowed to go inside.”

"A few minutes ago, our colleague Cheyenne Haslett attempted to enter the White House to do her job as a POLITICO reporter," @greenbergerj tells staff. "Secret Service denied her entry to the complex and confiscated the pass that allows her access to the White House. We stand by…

— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) September 19, 2026

… her and all reporters here covering the White House. As we said yesterday, we will vigorously defend our First Amendment rights. We’ll have more to share on next steps later."

@politico concerns about media access to the White House might have meant something if they had spoken out when KJP and the Biden White House revoked 440 passes of independent journalists - but its not really about a free press, its about them

POLITICO EIC Jonathan Greenberger…

— Sean Spicer (@seanspicer) September 19, 2026

CNN reporter Betsy Klein was denied access at the White House on Saturday morning and her press pass was seized, one day after President Donald Trump announced that he was "banning" CNN, MS NOW and Politico. https://t.co/zqx4UsY65S pic.twitter.com/uL2Yy7NnR2

— CNN (@CNN) September 19, 2026

CNN statement following being denied access to the White House grounds this morning: pic.twitter.com/7Ox03COW0o

— CNN Communications (@CNNPR) September 19, 2026

CNN just announced they “stand fully behind” their White House team and their “fair and accurate reporting.”

That’s not a defense. That’s a confession.

They looked at the mountain of hoaxes, corrections, defamation payouts, and narrative collapses and decided the play is still… https://t.co/HyEO0nUFA7

— Kate (@kate_p45) September 18, 2026

… “we’re the victims of the First Amendment.”

Standing by the lies isn’t journalism. It’s branding.

The only thing more shameless than the original reporting is the press release pretending it never happened.

They treated the President with contempt & thought they could get away with it. They were wrong. They were also wrong about mass migration as a weapon of invasion. And they were wrong about Democrats unleashing a wave of crime. The evidence of this is right in front of their eyes… https://t.co/Wqa87647NY

— Lara Logan (@laralogan) September 19, 2026

… today - have they corrected the record? No. And they never will - because they are not acting as journalists but rather as partisan political operatives whose goal is to discredit the President & prevent him from carrying out the mandate that he was handed legally by the majority of American voters.