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A federal judge temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s move to ban three news outlets from the White House grounds, saying early Thursday that CNN, MS NOW and Politico must have their access restored.

It’s the latest development in an escalating showdown between Trump and media outlets whose coverage he dislikes. Trump announced he was banning the outlets Friday, assailing what he called “fake news.” More recently, the president has said negative coverage was dangerous for the country.

The outlets argued they were singled out because of the content of their coverage — in other words, viewpoint discrimination — and called the ban a “blatant violation” of the First Amendment.

In an order, U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly said the media outlets had met the legal thresholds to obtain a temporary restraining order, in effect for 14 days. He said they were likely to succeed in showing that their White House press passes were revoked without due process.

“This is a high bar, but Plaintiffs have met it,” he wrote.

He called letters that the White House sent the outlets days after banning their reporters to outline objectionable reporting “so vague it hardly does the trick.”

Kelly — whom Trump nominated in 2017 and who ordered a CNN journalist’s access restored in a similar case in 2018 — heard arguments Wednesday and ended the hearing without ruling.

Temporary restraining orders are typically designed to preserve the status quo pending a closer review of the case by the court.

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[-] StabbingSky@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 hour ago

They still got turned away today and their press badges confiscated.

[-] jaybone@lemmy.zip 5 points 3 hours ago

More of this little show they put on. Like CNN is the “liberal media.” lol

[-] Soulphite@reddthat.com 21 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

Hey trump, Why you trolling like a bitch, ain't you tired? Tryna strike a chord and its probably A minor.

[-] cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 6 hours ago

Certified billionaire, certified paedophile. (And we're not sure about the first one.)

[-] Serinus@lemmy.world 8 points 4 hours ago

We are now. The grifting has been real.

[-] dan1101@lemmy.world 4 points 4 hours ago

Every day it seems. If he isn't a true billionaire by now then he is even dumber than I thought, and/or his minions are stealing stolen money from him.

[-] Serinus@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

Between the stock market intentional bounces and the crypto, it might all be in the kids' names, but that's a time honored tradition among the rich.

[-] artyom@piefed.social 15 points 7 hours ago

the president has said negative coverage was dangerous for the country.

Not nearly as dangerous as the negative things they're covering.

[-] LilB0kChoy@reddthat.com 5 points 4 hours ago

The coverage isn’t negative, it’s factual. The news items being covered are negative.

The distinction is important because what the administration is actually saying is, “you’re telling people what we’re doing and it’s bad for us”.

[-] artyom@piefed.social 2 points 3 hours ago

The coverage isn’t negative, it’s factual

Those are not mutually exclusive.

[-] LilB0kChoy@reddthat.com 1 points 49 minutes ago

They kind of are. Reporting the facts of events is neither negative nor positive.

The value and impact of those facts is assigned by people based on their own perception.

The coverage is only negative to the administration because they don’t like that the facts of the situation are being share.

Remember when Ben Shapiro kept spouting “facts don’t care about your feelings”? That was application of a correct principle in an incorrect matter.

Outside of the editorial and opinion parts journalism/reporting should be fact-based and present the truth.

When CNN, Politico and MSNBC report the fact-based truth they are presenting the objective reality. The administration assigns the coverage a negative value because it works against their interests. However I, and I assume you and many others, assign it positive value because we are able to stay informed on what is actually occurring.

[-] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 4 points 5 hours ago

Judge: "the constitution is actually real"

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