Access Denied

The White House just drained three outlets from its press pool.

President Trump announced Friday that CNN, MS NOW, and Politico would be banned from the White House “effective immediately.” Trump said no single incident led to the ban, calling it “really just cumulative stories over the past few years,” and warned “other fake news media outlets” may follow.

The Secret Service denied entry to correspondents from the three news orgs on Saturday, confiscating their deactivated press badges.

The ousted outlets vowed to keep reporting on the administration and are expected to sue, with First Amendment experts saying the ban likely violates the Constitution’s protection of a free press. Trump replied that journalists shouldn’t “report fiction and lies,” and Arkansas Governor Sanders (R) defended #47’s commitment to the press, saying he is “more accessible… than any president in history.”

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PRAY WITH US
God of Light, guide us by the lamp of Your Word. Give reporters and editors boldness to ask tough questions, shrewdness to uncover the truth, wisdom to understand fact from opinion, and humility to admit when they get it wrong. Extinguish any selfish ambition, love of money, or fear of man, and illuminate truth, fairness, and justice.

Spirit of Truth, snuff out any bias in my own heart. Fan the flames of Your Word in the furnace of my soul, that I may see this truth clearly: You show no partiality, and nor should I. Help me to look around with discerning eyes, so that I may see the light of truth, and cling to You in the dark. Amen.

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