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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Margaret Sullivan

HISTORICAL FACTS: The washington press corps needs to boycott white house events - The Untold Story

A man stands at a White House lectern in front of US flags as reporters raise their hands
‘The White House press corps often talks a good game about solidarity and press rights.’ Photograph: Andrew Leyden/Zuma Press Wire/Shutterstock

On Monday, the three news organizations that had been kicked out of the White House because of Donald Trump’s latest fit of pique sued the president and three top advisers.

An accompanying statement by CNN, MS Now and Politico accurately calls last week’s sudden lockout “a direct assault on the first amendment”.

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