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White House bans CNN reporter from event for 'inappropriate' questions

Incident Details

Date of Incident: July 25, 2018
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Kaitlan Collins (CNN)

Government agency or public official involved →: Federal government: White House
Type of denial →: Government event

Defense One reporters left out of media briefing with Deputy Secretary of Defense in apparent retaliation for reporting

Incident Details

Date of Incident: August 9, 2018
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Defense One

Government agency or public official involved →: Federal government: Agency
Type of denial →: Government event

White House suspends CNN reporter Jim Acosta's press credentials and falsely accuses him of manhandling intern

Incident Details

Updated On: November 19, 2018
Date of Incident: November 7, 2018
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Jim Acosta (CNN)

Government agency or public official involved →: Federal government: White House
Type of denial →: Change in policy or practice, Press credential or media list

Iowa blogger denied press access to Statehouse

Incident Details

Updated On: April 2, 2024
Date of Incident: January 10, 2019
Location: Des Moines, Iowa
Case number: 4:24-cv-00021
Targets: Laura Belin (Bleeding Heartland)
Case Status: Settled
Type of case: Civil

Government agency or public official involved →: State government: Legislature
Type of denial →: Change in policy or practice, Press credential or media list

Trump stops regular press briefings, citing unfair media treatment

Incident Details

Updated On: April 23, 2019
Date of Incident: January 23, 2019
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: White House Correspondent's Association

Government agency or public official involved →: Federal government: White House
Type of denial →: Change in policy or practice

White House bars four print reporters from covering dinner between U.S., North Korea leaders

Incident Details

Date of Incident: February 27, 2019
Location: Hanoi, Vietnam
Targets: Eli Stokols (Los Angeles Times), Jeff Mason (Reuters), Jonathan Lemire (The Associated Press), Justin Sink (Bloomberg News)

Government agency or public official involved →: Federal government: White House
Type of denial →: Government event

Ohio political reporter removed from Democratic Party mailing list, reinstated by chair

Incident Details

Date of Incident: March 2019
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
Targets: Seth Richardson (Cleveland.com)

Government agency or public official involved →: Democratic Party (state)
Type of denial →: Press credential or media list

Department of State bars press pool from briefing call, allowing only “faith-based media”

Incident Details

Date of Incident: March 18, 2019
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: CNN, Press Corps

Government agency or public official involved →: Federal government: Agency
Type of denial →: Government event

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