The press-access dispute in Washington escalated on Thursday morning, October 15. MS NOW said its journalists were denied access to the White House grounds that morning.
The network said it intends to defend its First Amendment rights and will continue reporting on the president and the administration. The statement followed comments a day earlier about banning MS NOW, CNN and Politico from the White House.
The access fight is already a legal story as well as a media one, with earlier rulings on press bans covered by OTMedia this week. A denial in practice, rather than in announcement, is a new development.
No detailed White House explanation was included in the network's initial statement. OTMedia will update this story if the administration responds on the record.
