CNN, MS NOW and Politico Expand Lawsuit Over White House Press Pool Access
Photo: The New York TimesCNN, MS NOW and Politico have expanded their legal complaint against the White House over press access and asked a court to make an existing access order permanent. In the updated filing, the three news outlets say the White House is continuing to defy a judge's orders by refusing to let them return to covering President Donald Trump in the Oval Office and on Air Force One. They argue that keeping them out of the rotating press pool violates their free speech rights. The outlets say they should be granted access to the White House reporting pools. The filing updates an earlier lawsuit against Trump over access, and the court is now being asked to turn the existing order into a permanent one.
The New York Times, on the left, frames the story as an update to an existing lawsuit. Its headline says the outlets "update" the case, and its excerpt says they argued they should be granted access to the White House reporting pools. The available text does not mention the claim that a judge's orders are being defied, the free speech argument, or the Oval Office and Air Force One. The Washington Times, on the right, leads with the request that the court make the order permanent. It puts the alleged defiance of a judge's orders and the free speech claim at the top and names the Oval Office and Air Force One. Both sides identify the same three outlets and the same updated complaint, so the difference is one of emphasis. The left stresses the pool-access demand, while the right stresses the alleged noncompliance and the permanent-order request. AP's coverage matches the Washington Times wording.
How the sides differ Left sources describe an updated lawsuit seeking pool access; right and alternative sources stress alleged defiance of a judge's orders, free speech claims and a permanent order.
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The New York Times describes CNN, MS NOW and Politico updating their lawsuit and arguing they should be granted access to the White House reporting pools. It features the outlets' argument and no other voices.
AP reports the three outlets beefed up their complaint, saying the White House is defying a judge's orders and violating free speech rights. Its headline stresses the request for a permanent order.
The Washington Times leads with the request to make the access order permanent. It stresses the claim that the White House is defying a judge's orders and keeping the outlets out of the Oval Office and Air Force One.