WashingtonTrump banned CNN, Politico and MS NOW from the White House.
All 3 reporters blocked at the door on 19 September were women, Human Rights Watch said.
The US government told a court access is a privilege, and the outlets’ reporting threatens national security.
Trump’s first-term bans on a CNN reporter and a Playboy correspondent ended after both sued.
A Washington judge heard arguments Wednesday on whether to restore their access immediately.
How each outlet framed it
drawn from 1650+ reports worldwide · These outlets told this story differently.
- Human Rights Watch leans critical
- identifies gender pattern in bans (all women journalists), situates within Trump's documented misogyny toward female reporters
- Washington Post
- AP NEWS leans critical
Sources: Human Rights Watch, Washington Post, AP NEWS