{"id":45918,"date":"2026-09-19T10:11:28","date_gmt":"2026-09-19T08:11:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=45918"},"modified":"2026-09-19T10:11:28","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T08:11:28","slug":"us-president-bans-three-major-news-organisations-from-the-white-house","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/us-president-bans-three-major-news-organisations-from-the-white-house\/","title":{"rendered":"US President bans three major news organisations from the White House"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>United States (US) President Donald Trump has announced an immediate ban on three major news organisations from the White House, escalating his confrontation with the American media.<\/p>\n<p>Trump says<em> CNN, MS NOW (formerly MSNBC)<\/em> and <em>Politico<\/em> would no longer be granted access, accusing them of repeatedly publishing false and dishonest coverage.<\/p>\n<p>The exact practical scope of the restrictions remained unclear, including whether their journalists would be denied entry to the White House grounds or excluded from presidential events and briefings.<\/p>\n<p>Trump announced the ban on his Truth Social platform, he has also warned that other media outlets could face similar action, raising fresh concerns over press freedom in the US.<\/p>\n<p>The decision could face a legal challenge under the First Amendment, which protects press freedom.<\/p>\n<p>It followed earlier court battles over the Trump administration\u2019s decision to restrict Associated Press access and marked a significant escalation in the president\u2019s long-running campaign against news organisations whose coverage he considered hostile.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;SABC&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":14615,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-45918","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"The decision could face a legal challenge under the First Amendment, which protects press freedom.","published_date":"","news_description":"The decision could face a legal challenge under the First Amendment, which protects press freedom.","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/45918","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/45918\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45919,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/45918\/revisions\/45919"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=45918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}