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Trump says he is banning CNN and other news outlets from the White House

The Sydney Morning Herald Michael Koziol

19 Sept 2026 05:22 AEST Summary

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From the report

The announcement is an escalation of Trump’s long-standing animosity towards the media and outlets that report factual stories he does not like.

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Niral Score 16.1 mundaneloaded

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Sentiment +0.6 hostilefavourable Sourcing 71 unattributednamed sources Mood 50 sorrowjoyful

5 read zero: political diction, generational, gender, jingoistic, religious

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 Trump says he is banning CNN and other news outlets from the White House plain
The West Australian Trump says three media outlets banned from White House plain
WAtoday Trump bans CNN from the White House plain
The West Australian Donald Trump bans CNN, MSNOW, Politico from White House over ‘fake news’ reporting plain

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

Outlet	Niral Score
The Sydney Morning Heraldas they published this story	16.1

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WAtoday Trump says he is banning CNN and other news outlets from the White House Niral 16.1 political 0 The Age Trump says he is banning CNN and other news outlets from the White House Niral 16.1 political 0 Brisbane Times Trump says he is banning CNN and other news outlets from the White House Niral 16.1 political 0 The West Australian Trump says three media outlets banned from White House Niral 1.5 political 0 WAtoday Trump bans CNN from the White House Niral 4.1 political 0 Brisbane Times Trump bans CNN from the White House Niral 4.1 political 0 The Age Trump bans CNN from the White House Niral 4.1 political 0 The West Australian Donald Trump bans CNN, MSNOW, Politico from White House over ‘fake news’ reporting Niral 15.1 political 0