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The Guardian - US
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Uwa Ede-Osifo and Robert Mackey

Trump tells female MS Now reporter to be ‘quiet’ amid questions on press pool ban

Woman in black outfit on street corner with laptop on table in front of her gestures as she speaks into a camera.
Akayla Gardner of MS Now near the White House after being denied entry following Trump's ban on CNN, MS Now and Politico, on 20 September. Photograph: José Luis Magaña/AP

A day after the White House barred CNN from traveling onboard Air Force One to provide pool television coverage of the president’s trip to Tennessee, Donald Trump doubled down on his criticism of that broadcaster and another, MS Now, he has attempted to ban over coverage of him he calls overly negative.

As he left the White House early on Saturday, Trump was asked by the MS Now White House correspondent Akayla Gardner: “Do you only want outlets that support you to be a part of the press pool?”

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