Banning Critical Media Backfires as Trump Launches His Own "TV Network"

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Broadcasting networks barred from the White House for publishing critical reports on U.S. President Donald Trump have taken legal action. In protest, other media outlets have launched a collective reporting boycott, while the White House—having expelled the press—has gone ahead and launched its own broadcasting service.

Reported by Yu Deok-gi.

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CNN, MSNBC (mentioned as MS NOW in the original text), and political news outlet Politico, which were banned from the White House, filed a constitutional lawsuit with the court along with an emergency motion to restore their White House press credentials.

They explained the reason for the lawsuit is "to protect freedom of the press under the First Amendment and uphold the principle that the government must not dictate the content of press reporting and publishing."

The joint press corps representing five major U.S. broadcasters—CNN, ABC, CBS, NBC, and Fox News—suspended video coverage of President Trump.

Consequently, at a ceremony commemorating the completion of the presidential helicopter pad, the lack of broadcast audio equipment caused Trump's voice to be drowned out by helicopter noise, while outlets such as The New York Times, The Washington Post, and the Associated Press also refused to publish photos from the event.

President Trump's speech at the UN General Assembly, scheduled for the early morning of September 23 (Korean time), is also expected to go unbroadcasted by these networks.

This collective reporting boycott was reportedly spearheaded by the Washington bureau chief of Fox News, a pro-Trump outlet, in his capacity as the president of the White House Correspondents' Association (noted as the pool representative in the original text).

[Fox News Anchor/Reading the Five Networks' Press Statement: No government should restrict media organizations simply because it disagrees with their reporting.]

Trump fiercely denounced the media outlets that filed the lawsuit, stating, "If we lose the lawsuit, we will appeal," and calling them "third-rate clowns who distort the facts."

[Donald Trump/U.S. President (local time, September 21): If it's fake news, I think it is my obligation not to let such media outlets into another very special house like the White House.]

Having driven out the press, the White House has launched its own streaming broadcast dubbed "Trump TV."

Critics point out that with low approval ratings raising the likelihood of a crushing defeat in the midterm elections, the Trump administration is resorting to unconstitutional and reckless measures to suppress critical reporting.

(Video reporting: Yang Ji-hoon, Video editing: Kim Byeong-jik, Design: Kim Han-gil, Video source: U.S. White House YouTube, Fox News 'America's Newsroom')
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