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🗞️ Story file #246

Federal judge extends temporary block on White House media ban

Oct 8, 3 PM ET to Oct 10, 4 AM ET · 1 outlet not rated for lean

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  1. Oct 8, 3 PM ETfirst on a front page: Business Insider
  2. Oct 8, 4 PM ETfirst on the radio: NPR News Now
  3. Oct 8, 5 PM ETfirst on TV: CNN
  4. Oct 8, 7 PM ETpeak: on 14 front pages

📰 Spread

the front pages that ran it, hour by hour

Oct 8, 6 PMOct 96 AM12 PM6 PMOct 10714leftcenterrightnot rated
Front pages carrying it at each hourly run, Oct 8, 3 PM to Oct 10, 4 AM ET (peak 14), by the outlets' lean: left · center · right · not rated
Oct 8, 12 PMOct 912 PMOct 10The GuardianThe GuardianThe Guardian, Oct 8, 10:00 AM ET: Trump’s attempt to ban CNN, Politico, and MS Now from White House to be heard in courtThe Washington SunThe Washington SunThe Washington Sun, Oct 8, 1:00 PM ET: Judge Temporarily Extends White House Access for Publications Targeted by TrumpHuffPostHuffPostHuffPost, Oct 8, 1:00 PM ET: Judge Skeptical On Trump’s Press BanThe Gateway PunditThe Gateway PunditThe Gateway Pundit, Oct 8, 2:00 PM ET: Federal Judge Extends Block on Trump’s White House Ban of Politico, CNN and MSNOWCBS NewsCBS NewsCBS News, Oct 8, 2:00 PM ET: Judge presses Justice Department on justifications for White House media banRaw StoryRaw StoryRaw Story, Oct 8, 2:00 PM ET: Judge finds Trump's own statements contradict argument for White House press banBusiness InsiderBusiness InsiderBusiness Insider, Oct 8, 3:00 PM ET: Judge seems poised to reinforce block of Trump's White House media banNew York TimesNew York TimesNew York Times, Oct 8, 3:00 PM ET: Judge Extends Pause on Trump’s Ban Against CNN, MS NOW and PoliticoThe HillThe HillThe Hill, Oct 8, 3:00 PM ET: Judge extends temporary block on Trump’s media banThe Washington TimesThe Washington TimesThe Washington Times, Oct 8, 3:00 PM ET: Judge weighs injunction to block Trump’s ban of three news outletsNewsmaxNewsmaxNewsmax, Oct 8, 3:00 PM ET: Media Seek Court Order Blocking White House BanNewsmax, Oct 8, 3:00 PM ET: Media Seek Court Order Blocking WH BanReutersReutersReuters, Oct 8, 4:00 PM ET: CNN, MS NOW and Politico press judge to keep Trump White House ban blockedWashington ExaminerWashington ExaminerWashington Examiner, Oct 8, 4:00 PM ET: Judge extends restraining order blocking Trump’s media banWashington Examiner, Oct 8, 5:00 PM ET: Federal judge extends order halting White House press ban while considering long-term rulingWashington Examiner, Oct 8, 6:00 PM ET: Federal judge extends order halting White House press banWashington Examiner, Oct 8, 9:00 PM ET: Judge extends order halting White House press banPBS NewsHourPBS NewsHourPBS NewsHour, Oct 8, 7:00 PM ET: News Wrap: Judge extends White House access for news outlets📺 TVCNN, 5:20 PM ET: JUDGE WEIGHS IN ON TRUMP'S ATTEMPT TO RESTRICT MEDIA ACCESSCNN, 5:24 PM ET: JUDGE APPEARS SKEPTICAL OF TRUMP'S WHITE HOUSE BANBBC News, 5:25 PM ET: Judge extends temporary block on Trump’s media banCNN, 5:25 PM ET: JUDGE APPEARS SKEPTICAL OF TRUMP'S WHITE HOUSE BANCNN, 5:25 PM ET: JUDGE APPEARS SKEPTICAL OF TRUMP'S WHITE HOUSE BANCNN, 5:26 PM ET: JUDGE APPEARS SKEPTICAL OF TRUMP'S WHITE HOUSE BANCNN, 5:27 PM ET: JUDGE APPEARS SKEPTICAL OF TRUMP'S WHITE HOUSE BANMSNOW, 6:27 PM ET: JUDGE BRIEFLY EXTENDS BLOCK ON TRUMP MEDIA BANMSNOW, 6:29 PM ET: JUDGE BRIEFLY EXTENDS BLOCK ON TRUMP MEDIA BANMSNOW, 6:32 PM ET: JUDGE BRIEFLY EXTENDS BLOCK ON TRUMP MEDIA BANBBC News, 7:16 PM ET: Judge extends temporary block on Trump’s media banBBC News, 7:17 PM ET: Judge extends temporary block on Trump’s media banCNN, 7:46 PM ET: JUDGE EXTENDS CNN'S ACCESS TO WH; SOON: DECISION ON LONGER-TERM ORDERCNN, 7:47 PM ET: JUDGE EXTENDS CNN'S ACCESS TO WH; SOON: DECISION ON LONGER-TERM ORDERCNN, 7:47 PM ET: TRUMP-APPOINTED JUDGE APPEARS SKEPTICAL OF WHITE HOUSE PRESS BAN. Ty Cobb | Former Trump White House LawyerCNN, 7:47 PM ET: TRUMP-APPOINTED JUDGE APPEARS SKEPTICAL OF WHITE HOUSE PRESS BANCNN, 7:48 PM ET: LAWYER FOR NEWS OUTLETS USES TRUMP'S WORDS AGAINST HIM IN COURT. Ty Cobb | Former Trump White House LawyerCNN, 7:48 PM ET: TRUMP-APPOINTED JUDGE APPEARS SKEPTICAL OF WHITE HOUSE PRESS BAN. Ty Cobb | Former Trump White House LawyerCNN, 7:48 PM ET: LAWYER FOR NEWS OUTLETS USES TRUMP'S WORDS AGAINST HIM IN COURTCNN, 7:49 PM ET: LAWYER FOR NEWS OUTLETS USES TRUMP'S WORDS AGAINST HIM IN COURT. Ty Cobb | Former Trump White House LawyerMSNOW, 10:20 PM ET: TRUMP'S ban on three media outlets From the White HouseMSNOW, 1:20 AM ET: TRUMP'S ban on three media outlets From the White HouseCNN, 5:16 AM ET: Judge Appears Skeptical Of White House. Arguments To Enforce Media BanCNN, 5:17 AM ET: Judge Appears Skeptical Of White House. Arguments To Enforce Media BanMSNOW, 5:30 AM ET: JUDGE BRIEFLY EXTENDS WHITE HOUSE ACCESS FOR JOHNSONMSNOW, 5:33 AM ET: JUDGE BRIEFLY EXTENDS WHITE HOUSE ACCESS FOR JOHNSONMSNOW, 5:33 AM ET: JUDGE BRIEFLY EXTENDS WHITE HOUSE ACCESS FOR JOHNSONMSNOW, 5:34 AM ET: JUDGE BRIEFLY EXTENDS WHITE HOUSE ACCESS FOR JOHNSON📻 radioNPR News Now, Oct 8, 4:10 PM ET: story 2 of 6
Who carried it and when: each outlet in the order it picked the story up, a bar for each headline from when we first saw it on the front page to when we last did, in the outlet's lean color (dashed: not rated); a dot marks a new headline. Beneath, its captions on TV, the radio newscasts that carried it (bigger: the lead) and when people were found retelling it. Hover for details.

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🗣️ only one side says: 🫏 house media ban

✏️ 2 outlets ran more than one headline on it (reworded, or a follow-up)
  • Newsmax (2 wordings): “Media Seek Court Order Blocking White House Ban” → “Media Seek Court Order Blocking WH Ban”
  • Washington Examiner (4 wordings): “Judge extends restraining order blocking Trump’s media ban” → “Judge extends order halting White House press ban”
Every outlet's first headline (14), left to right by AllSides rating

📡 Broadcast

TV, radio, and the shows that talked about it

📺 On TV

CNN8 min
MSNOW4 min
BBC News2 min
  • JUDGE APPEARS SKEPTICAL OF TRUMP'S WHITE HOUSE BAN CNN, 3 min
  • JUDGE BRIEFLY EXTENDS WHITE HOUSE ACCESS FOR JOHNSON MSNOW, 2 min
  • Judge extends temporary block on Trump’s media ban BBC News, 2 min
  • TRUMP-APPOINTED JUDGE APPEARS SKEPTICAL OF WHITE HOUSE PRESS BAN. Ty Cobb | Former Trump White House Lawyer CNN, 67 s
  • TRUMP'S ban on three media outlets From the White House MSNOW, 64 s
  • LAWYER FOR NEWS OUTLETS USES TRUMP'S WORDS AGAINST HIM IN COURT. Ty Cobb | Former Trump White House Lawyer CNN, 60 s
  • JUDGE BRIEFLY EXTENDS BLOCK ON TRUMP MEDIA BAN MSNOW, 54 s
  • Judge Appears Skeptical Of White House. Arguments To Enforce Media Ban CNN, 48 s

📻 On the radio

  • NPR News Now, Oct 8, 4:10 PM ET: story 2 of 6

🎙️ Shows, investigators, satire

🎙️ 📺 MeidasTouch 🎙️ Up First (NPR) 📺 MeidasTouch

🧶 Retelling

what people online made of it

🦗 Nobody's retelling it online yet, as far as the daily reports of the last week can tell.

🗣️ names in it: Donald Trump Justice Department CNN MS NOW Politico

🔎 Checking

what the fact-checkers looked into

🧐 No fact-checker has taken it on yet.

🧵 Persistence

the running story it belongs to

🧵 Judge blocks Trump's media ban

  1. White House blocks Politico from Air Force One

    Oct 5, 3 PM ET

  2. Federal judge extends temporary block on White House media ban (this story)

    Oct 8, 3 PM ET

  3. Federal judge blocks Trump's White House media ban

    Oct 14, 12 AM ET