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Reporters locked out of White House grounds as Trump’s ban takes effect

The Sydney Morning Herald Michael Koziol

20 Sept 2026 04:43 AEST Summary

From the report

Journalists from CNN, MS-NOW and Politico had their passes confiscated when they tried to enter the White House on Saturday, in what CNN called an “illegal assault” on press freedom.

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Niral Score 2 mundaneloaded

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Sourcing 71 unattributednamed sources Mood 31.3 sorrowjoyful

6 read zero: sentiment, political diction, generational, gender, jingoistic, religious

Sentiment 0 hostilefavourable Political diction 0 left-codedright-coded Generational 0 harder on the oldharder on the young Gender 0 no gendered framingframing throughout Jingoistic 0 reports to a readerwrites from a camp Religious 0 not invokedovert

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The Sydney Morning Herald Reporters locked out of White House grounds as Trump’s ban takes effect plain
The West Australian Donald Trump’s media ban kicks in with CNN, MSNOW, Politico reporters denied entry to White House plain

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Also covered by The Age, WAtoday, Brisbane Times, The West Australian. We hold only their summary of it, not the report, so there is nothing of theirs to measure here.

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The Age Reporters locked out of White House grounds as Trump’s ban takes effect Niral 2 political 0 WAtoday Reporters locked out of White House grounds as Trump’s ban takes effect Niral 2 political 0 Brisbane Times Reporters locked out of White House grounds as Trump’s ban takes effect Niral 2 political 0 The West Australian Donald Trump’s media ban kicks in with CNN, MSNOW, Politico reporters denied entry to White House Niral 2 political 0