That's no small feat, given this presidents' propensity for attacking virtually everyone in sight for one reason or another, often at random and without warning.
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White House bars AP, Reuters and other media from covering Trump cabinet meeting
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White House launches website to excoriate media for ‘biased’ stories
Trump administration lists reporting it objects to in latest escalation of attacks on US journalism
Trump Unveils “Media Offender Of the Week” + “Hall Of Shame” On White House Website: David Ellison-Owned & Bari Weiss-Run CBS News Makes The List
Targeting the so-called "enemy of the people," the Trump White House has gone after media outlets it claims put out "false and misleading stories"
deadline.com
Here we go again and its an extension of stuff we seen when Chairman Carr go after media outlets on the TV side. Now its go after the White House Press pool.
Media Offenders
Explore the Media Bias Tracker that fact checks and holds Fake News accountable. False claims debunked, Hall of Shame for serial offenders, Leaderboard of networks ranked by Repeated Lies. Stay informed, stay accurate.
www.whitehouse.gov
Note somehow the president can accuse a local TV station like KTLA Los Angeles that has nothing to do with with the White House press pool but KTLA's national news content is from NewsNation. Then again its political interference on the press pool thats what it is here.
Attachments
The president went off on a 160-post social media spree last night in which he expressed a lot of interesting opinions on the media and various people:
www.thedailybeast.com
Imagine if Biden or anyone else in any field did this. Imagine if Jimmy Kimmel or Stephen Colbert did this.
Trump Posts Once a Minute in Unhinged Late-Night Spree
The president went posting-crazy, even for him.
Imagine if Biden or anyone else in any field did this. Imagine if Jimmy Kimmel or Stephen Colbert did this.
AP and Trump administration argue access case before federal appeals court; no ruling yet
The Associated Press and the Trump administration renewed their argument over a president’s ability to limit media access to journalists he disagrees with.
apnews.com
AP photographer describes what it’s like inside a two-hour Trump Cabinet meeting
President Donald Trump held a lengthy Cabinet meeting on Tuesday. AP photojournalist Julia Nikhinson was inside the room documenting the mood.
apnews.com
Here is an update on the AP lawsuit against the Trump Administration over press access.
The article at the below link is a special report from Reuters and is about President Trump's attempted retribution against people and institutions who he believes opposes him and who are critical of his administration. While the media is only briefly mentioned in this article's text, at the bottom of the article is a list of names of individuals and institutions targeted by this administration with brief synopses of what the President has done against them as of November 25, 2025. The last group on this list is the media. While most here will know the stories behind most of these charges, it is good to have everything listed in one place.
Pentagon's Signalgate review finds Pete Hegseth violated military regulations
The report outlines the findings of a more than eight-month investigation into Hegseth’s use of Signal to share details of planned U.S. strikes in Yemen.
www.nbcnews.com
If you’re wondering why we keep hearing about the administration controlling the press pool directly this is one of the circumstances we have to consider. One of them involved how Pete Hegseth handled messages and potential classified information on Social Media. We had other lists included in other threads circling around the administration and it always ended with First Amendment issues.
The New York Times is suing the Pentagon over its new rules for journalists:
www.nbcnews.com
As I often say, there are no exceptions in the first amendment. And there is no fairness doctrine.
New York Times sues Pentagon over reporting rules, citing First Amendment rights
The lawsuit seeks to repeal the Pentagon's press access restrictions that went into effect in October.
www.nbcnews.com
As I often say, there are no exceptions in the first amendment. And there is no fairness doctrine.
New York Times, after Trump post, says it won't be deterred from writing about his health
The New York Times and President Donald Trump are fighting again. The news outlet said Wednesday it won't be deterred by Trump's “false and inflammatory language” from writing about the 79-year-old president's health.
apnews.com
Here's a update this time the New York Times responds to the latest Trump rant over their coverage of Trump's health status.
If You Can Keep It: The Pentagon and the press
The New York Times is suing for violations of the first amendment rights of journalists.
the1a.org
Here is more on The Pentagon role and Press Restrictions as seen here.
It's been a while since we talked about the press restrictions at the Pentagon. When they were enacted, all of the major news organizations left.
Now we're involved in a war with Iran. The last time there was a war, there was a lot of news coverage at the Pentagon. Have you noticed any lack of news coverage about the Iran War? Are the networks or major newspapers missing anything because they no longer have credentialed reporters at the Pentagon? I don't think so. Why? Because this war really isn't being fought from the pentagon, but the white house.
The defense secretary did a press conference on Tuesday, and everyone had access to it. You didn't need a credential to see it. He clearly isn't in charge. But he looks good and authoritative in pushing the administration's talking points on TV. That's why he's there. He's a TV star. So news organizations aren't missing much by not being at the pentagon.
www.yahoo.com
Now we're involved in a war with Iran. The last time there was a war, there was a lot of news coverage at the Pentagon. Have you noticed any lack of news coverage about the Iran War? Are the networks or major newspapers missing anything because they no longer have credentialed reporters at the Pentagon? I don't think so. Why? Because this war really isn't being fought from the pentagon, but the white house.
The defense secretary did a press conference on Tuesday, and everyone had access to it. You didn't need a credential to see it. He clearly isn't in charge. But he looks good and authoritative in pushing the administration's talking points on TV. That's why he's there. He's a TV star. So news organizations aren't missing much by not being at the pentagon.
Pete Hegseth criticizes 'fake news' coverage of Iran strikes, says only tragedies make front page
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth criticized "fake news" coverage of the Trump administration's strikes on Iran Tuesday, saying the U.S. military is "laser focused" on its mission.
Pete Hegseth Complains That Media Puts Spotlight On U.S. Military Tragedies In Iran War To “Make The President Look Bad”
The defense secretary lashed out at coverage of military deaths.
deadline.com
Well when US Service members are involved they have to be covered one way or another.
Donald Trump Says U.S. Projected 4- To 5-Week War With Iran But Will Do “Whatever It Takes” To “Crush The Threat” From Regime
Donald Trump laid out the rationale for the U.S. joining Israel in attacking Iran, saying his administration will do "whatever it takes."
deadline.com
Also this the reports over the attacks in Iran we have to get a response by the White House one way or another.
The problem with your reasoning is that we don't know what we don't know. Lack of Defense Department access means that the press has to rely on meetings with people outside to get the information on which it is reporting. And some of those people who may have given reporters information inside the Defense Department may not be giving that information outside of the Defense Department--we just don't know.
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Good reporters develop contacts. Those contacts exist regardless of access to a building. The TV networks also hire top retired military people. Those people also have contacts. That's where the news come from. Not Pete Hegseth. He just says what he's been told. He's not going to say anything that doesn't fit the narrative. That's not news. We already know that story.
The main thing we don't know is who is angry enough by the killing of the Ayatollah that he will launch the next 9-11 attack. Because that wasn't launched by a government or an army or anything official. It was a rag tag group of religious zealots who wanted to respond to the narrative. The next 9-11 is being planned right now. That's what we don't know. The people running the pentagon don't know it either. Nobody does.
IMHO I believe Iran (and there are others too) has been funding groups that are against and hate Western Civilization, Christianity, Jews and of course Israel. These folks will not be happy until the whole world is living a 5th century lifestyle and practicing their version of Islam.
BTW I believe this is only a small part of Islam. I worked with a couple of Muslims and they were decent hard working people. Almost every religion has some radicals.
BTW I believe this is only a small part of Islam. I worked with a couple of Muslims and they were decent hard working people. Almost every religion has some radicals.
Some MAGA politicians have dusted off the old anti-Muslim talking points from the 9/11 era and before, such as "we're all going to be living under Sharia Law!". (Never mind mandating fundamentalist Christian doctrine being forced on publif school kids. Republican Voters Overwhelmingly Back Ban on Sharia Law
The radicals in this case are all in favor of bombing Iran, because they believe a Holy War in the Middle East will fulfill their biblical prophecy of leading to Armageddon and the second coming of Christ.
TRT World - US troops told Iran war is 'God's plan' to trigger Armageddon, watchdog says
More than 200 complaints allege military commanders framed US strikes on Iran as part of a biblical prophecy, invoking the Book of Revelation and describing Trump as divinely 'anointed', according to the Military Religious Freedom Foundation.
www.trtworld.com
K.M. Richards
Program Director, The Eighties Channel™
Forced conversion never works. Those who they would control will always find somewhere safer.
100% agreed. I know a few Muslims myself, they are very pleasant individuals, do not force their beliefs on anyone -- they seem to have a higher-than-average belief in "live and let live" -- and they indeed have a very strong work ethic.
Years ago, after a Muslim mosque in the region was bombed, I decided to reach out to the local one (which had not been the target) just to express my sympathy and my hope that they would not also be targeted. When I told the gentleman there that I was Christian but still cared about those of other faiths, he replied "that is all right ... we all worship the same God, and we will pray for you this evening as thanks for your concerns."
Hard to have any animosity toward them after that, right?
The New York Times will argue against the pentagon press policy before a federal judge this Friday:
www.nbcnews.com
The government defends it's policy this way:
However, that's why you put the media through extensive security procedures in order to receive credentials. All credentialed media go through FBI background checks, are fingerprinted, and as thoroughly vetted as anyone else who works in that building. The government policy is prior restraint, which is forbidden by the constitution.
Federal judge appears skeptical of Pentagon’s restrictions on press access
Defense Department policy instituted last year prohibits gathering or publishing any information that isn’t authorized by the government.
www.nbcnews.com
The government defends it's policy this way:
However, that's why you put the media through extensive security procedures in order to receive credentials. All credentialed media go through FBI background checks, are fingerprinted, and as thoroughly vetted as anyone else who works in that building. The government policy is prior restraint, which is forbidden by the constitution.