The White House released a pointed video montage highlighting President Donald Trumps most memorable clashes with CNN during his second term.
In the compilation, the President is shown repeatedly castigating the network as fake news and denouncing its White House correspondents as corrupt, low-rated, and fake.
According to Gateway Pundit, the video underscores the administrations ongoing skepticism toward a corporate media establishment that conservatives argue has long abandoned objectivity in favor of partisan activism.
The renewed spotlight on CNN comes amid President Trumps continuing dispute with several outlets after he barred CNN, MS Now, and Politico from the White House and revoked their press credentials last month.
Those organizations briefly regained access when a federal judge ruled the ban was likely unconstitutional and ordered the administration to restore their credentials.
Even after that ruling, the President has prohibited CNN from boarding Air Force One or traveling with him, a move that triggered a coordinated boycott on coverage from Fox, CBS, ABC, NBC, and CNN.
The temporary restraining order protecting the outlets White House access is scheduled to lapse on October 8 unless extended, raising the stakes for both the media and the administration.
The outlets are now urging U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly to issue a preliminary injunction that would preserve their access to the White House while the legal battle plays out.
They are also seeking restoration of their access to the President through the standard television pool rotation and the ability to travel aboard Air Force One.
As Gateway Pundit reported, CNNs most recent exclusion from the Presidents travel pool occurred Thursday, when he flew to Texas and Oklahoma to deliver remarks.
That decision sparked another outburst from MS Now, which complained it could not obtain footage of the trip without one of their own in the television pool, underscoring how dependent these outlets remain on privileged access even as they posture as adversaries of the administration.
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