Media outlets banned by Trump resume White House coverage after judge's order – BBC

Media outlets banned by Trump resume White House coverage after judge’s order  BBC

US TV news coverage of the White House returns to normal after a judge lifted Trump's ban of three news outlets. Regular US television coverage resumed on Friday after the White House was forced to lift its ban of news outlets and readmit journalists from CNN, MS NOW and Politico. A federal judge had ruled on Thursday that the ban was likely unconstitutional and the administration had to let them back in, at least for now. Trump had barred them for what he called "fake news". After the ruling on Thursday, the White House still denied entry to some CNN and MS NOW reporters assigned to cover arrivals for a state dinner for Chinese leader Xi Jinping.

But on Friday, White House officials allowed reporters entry and coverage went back to normal for the last day of Xi's visit with Trump in Washington. Four television networks that have a daily rotation of White House coverage along with CNN – ABC, CBS, Fox News and NBC – had paused their broadcasts of the president in solidarity with the banned outlets. Despite the judge's ruling, CNN said that about an hour before Xi was scheduled to arrive for the dinner, the White House said it could cover the event only with a photojournalist and audio technician, but not a team that included