CNN and MS NOW denied access to Xi state dinner

Summarised from 5 outlets · 6 reports · Updated 25 Sept, 23:03 · Archive

CNN and MS NOW were denied access to a state dinner honouring China's President Xi Jinping at the White House on Thursday.

CNN and MS NOW reported that their journalists were denied access to cover the arrival at a state dinner honouring Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday evening, despite a federal judge having ordered the Trump administration to allow them back to the White House hours earlier. The networks had been banned from White House access the previous week. The denial came approximately an hour before Xi's scheduled arrival. The Telegraph reports that Trump had earlier criticised the networks for failing to cover earlier events during the Chinese president's trip.

How it is being reported

• Trump’s scowl says it all as CNN and MS NOW return to White House for XI’s final dayTrump would later and perhaps sarcastically tell pool reporters, ‘we appreciate the fair coverage’Independent World · 25 Sept, 17:20
• CNN, MS NOW say some reporters denied access to state dinner at White House despite judge's orderCNN and MS NOW said some of their reporters were denied access to the state dinner with President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping at the White House on Thursday night. CBS News' Katrina Kaufman has more.CBS News · 25 Sept, 14:41
• US politics live: Trump to wrap up Xi summit with a tour of US archivesXi is expected to depart Washington after touring the nation’s vault of records, where the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the Bill of Rights are held Sign up for US Breaking News emails Journalists for CNN and MS Now were denied access to the White House state dinner in honor of Xi Jinping, China’s president, on Thursday evening, hours after a federal judge ruled the Trump administration must allow them in after imposing a ban last week. “About an hour before Xi’s arrival was scheduled, the White House said CNN could cover the event, but only with a photojournalist and…The Guardian · 25 Sept, 12:42
• CNN, MS NOW, Politico return to White House after court order to lift banThough CNN and MS NOW were back on the White House grounds Thursday, both news outlets said their journalists were denied access to Chinese leader Xi Jinping's state dinner arrival.Euronews · 25 Sept, 04:43
• Trump sparks media chaos at state dinner with Xi by reimposing cable news ban he briefly lifted hours earlierJust hours after the Trump administration to restore access to CNN and MS NOW, both networks are saying they've been banned from the President's state dinner with China's Xi Jinping.Daily Mail · 25 Sept, 00:53
• CNN and MS NOW blocked from covering Xi’s arrival at state dinner, networks sayThe move came hours after Trump railed against the networks for failing to cover earlier events during the Chinese president’s tripIndependent World · 25 Sept, 00:31

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