Former WHCA president on Trump’s press ban: ‘An attack on one outlet is an attack on everyone’
Summary
Former WHCA president Weijia Jiang said President Donald Trump’s decision to ban reporters from CNN, Politico, and MS NOW from the White House affects all news organizations. Jiang called the ban an attack on the press, not just on the banned outlets.Key Facts
- President Donald Trump banned reporters from CNN, Politico, and MS NOW from covering the White House.
- Weijia Jiang, former president of the White House Correspondents Association (WHCA), spoke out against the ban.
- Jiang said the ban harms all media outlets, not only the ones excluded.
- The ban is seen as a challenge to press freedom in covering the White House.
- The WHCA is an organization that represents journalists covering the White House.
- Jiang described the ban as more than a reaction from just the affected outlets.
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