Trump inaudible at helipad ribbon cutting amid press pool fight
Major networks boycotted the White House pool after Trump barred CNN, MS NOW and Politico, leaving his helipad remarks nearly inaudible.
- President Donald Trump unveiled a new granite helipad on the South Lawn on Monday using oversized gold scissors, but major television networks ABC, CBS, CNN and Fox News collectively boycotted the ceremony after CNN was barred from covering the event.
- Trump announced Friday he was banning CNN, MSNOW and Politico from White House coverage, seizing their reporters' press credentials the next morning; all three outlets sued Monday, alleging the White House violated the First Amendment by restricting coverage over past reporting.
- Despite the White House streaming the event on social media, Marine One's engine noise rendered Trump's remarks inaudible; Politico's Sophia Cai reported "nothing but static for 9 minutes" and NewsNation correspondent Hannah Brandt confirmed the helicopter drowned out the president's remarks.
- The White House assigned Hearst as secondary television crew and pro-Trump outlet Real America's Voice as the secondary crew for Trump's New York trip, while releasing a statement declaring media access a privilege rather than a right.
- With six weeks until Election Day and voters concerned about inflation, the media dispute has overshadowed Trump's rush to finish the helipad before Chinese President Xi Jinping's Wednesday state visit, when Trump hoped to impress the dignitary with the granite's "million-year life.
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In an unusual step, U.S. media, even Fox News, have backed up with colleagues who are denied entry to the White House by the President, as a result: Trump without sound.
Donald Trump: US outlets boycott Trump over media ban
During a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a new helipad at the White House on Monday, Donald Trump made a brief statement that was inaudible. In response to Trump’s decision to bar MS NOW, CNN and Politico from the White House, US television networks, including ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox News, suspended their pooled coverage of the president.
After Trump's decision to shut down several media outlets from the White House, several major television networks boycotted the press pool. When Trump then gave a speech at the inauguration of a new helipad, cameras and microphones were missing - and the president's speech was barely audible.
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