Claim

Claim 106

Trump described the outlets' coverage as "FICTION and LIES" as his stated reason for the ban.

Published 2026-09-22. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

Statement: Trump described the outlets' coverage as "FICTION and LIES" as his stated reason for the ban.
Field: stated_justification
Value: "FICTION and LIES"
About: incident 2026-white-house-bans-cnn-msnow-politico
Source: Trump says CNN, MS NOW and Politico will be banned from the White House archived copy
Publisher: NPR
Method: outlet report
Checked: 2026-09-22
Confidence: medium
Status: current
Source date: 2026-09-19
Supersedes: Claim 2

Quotation from the source

FICTION and LIES