A student journalist at the University of Pennsylvania is one of six people suing the Trump administration for banning CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House.
Ethan Young, the editor-in-chief of the Daily Pennsylvanian, and five other ordinary citizens argue that the ban violates the public's right to independent reporting about the government. The other plaintiffs include a human rights advocate, a political journalist, a Yale history professor, a high school civics teacher and a legal journalist.
They all say they rely on independent and diverse White House reporting for their teaching, journalism and advocacy. One of the lawyers representing the group says when the White House expels reporters because it doesn't like their coverage, the public "gets something closer to government propaganda."
The suit seeks to protect all news outlets from retaliation, now and in the future.
The White House said in response, “No person may demand access to the Oval Office.”
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